Competence and burnout in family child care providers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-71

  Thornburg, Kathy R ^a   Townley, Kimberly ^b   Crompton, Dwayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c KCMC Child Development Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Competence; Family child care; Providers

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044234096     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443981410105     Document Type: Article

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