Exit interviews with departed child welfare workers: Preliminary findings

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-63

  Gonzalez, Robbin Pott ^a   Faller, Kathleen Coulborn ^a   Ortega, Robert ^a   Tropman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare turnover; Child welfare workforce; Exit interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149083846     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548730802690833     Document Type: Article

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