Individual and organizational factors in job retention in Kentucky's child welfare agency

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 547-554

  Yankeelov, Pamela A ^a   Barbee, Anita P ^a   Sullivan, Dana ^a   Antle, Becky F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Predictors; Retention; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249104184     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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