A study of the relationships among effective supervision, organizational culture promoting evidence-based practice, and worker self-efficacy in public child welfare

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Collins Camargo, Crystal ^a   Royse, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Evidence based practice; Organizational culture; Self efficacy; Social work supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949551946     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548730903563053     Document Type: Article

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