The relationship between organizational characteristics and workforce turnover among rural, urban, and suburban public child welfare systems

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-91

  Strolin Goltzman, Jessica S ^a   Auerbach, Charles ^a   McGowan, Brenda G ^b   McCarthy, Mary L ^c  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; locality; organizational change; workforce retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049136474     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v32n01_06     Document Type: Article

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