Realistic job previews in child welfare: State of innovation and practice

Child Welfare

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 23-47

  Faller, Kathleen Coulborn ^a   Masternak, Michael ^b   Grinnell Davis, Claudette ^a   Grabarek, Marguerite ^a   Sieffert, Judy ^c   Bernatovicz, Freda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CPS Human Resources Services   (United States)

^c Personal Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WORK;

CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949462124     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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