The power of supervision in child welfare services

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 313-327

  Cearley, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; child welfare; empowerment; help giving behavior; supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044236618     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CCAR.0000043038.97882.2f     Document Type: Article

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