Workload management in social work services: What, why and how?

Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-221

  Stevens, Martin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Social work; Workforce; Workload management

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549091741     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503150802601860     Document Type: Review

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