Characteristics of workload management in public child welfare agencies

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 95-109

  Juby, Cindy ^a   Scannapieco, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Retention; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548494880     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v31n03_06     Document Type: Article

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