The role of child welfare managers in promoting agency performance through experimentation

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-118

  McBeath, Bowen ^a   Briggs, Harold E ^a   Aisenberg, Eugene ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare agencies; Evidence based practice; Experimentation; Management; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049086409     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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