Predictors of undesired turnover for child welfare workers

Child Welfare

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 187-208

  Dickinson, Nancy S ^a   Painter, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Recruitment and Retention Project   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 77949482042     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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