Retaining workers approaching retirement: Why child welfare needs to pay attention to the aging workforce

Child Welfare

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 209-228

  Cohen Callow, Amy ^a   Hopkins, Karen M ^a   Kim, Hae Jung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949463507     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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