A longitudinal study of factors influencing the retention of title IV-E master's of social work graduates in public child welfare

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-86

  O'Donnell, Julie ^a   Kirkner, Sandra L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Burnout; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Public child welfare; Retention; Role conflict; Supervisor support; Title IV E MSW training program; Turnover; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149118735     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548730802690841     Document Type: Article

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