The culturally responsive social service agency: The application of an evolving definition to a case study

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 39-64

  Chow, Julian Chun Chung ^a   Austin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural responsiveness; Ethnicity; Organizations; Social services delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849126269     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643100802293832     Document Type: Article

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