Differential factors influencing public and voluntary child welfare workers' intention to leave

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1396-1402

  Auerbach, Charles ^a   McGowan, Brenda G ^b   Ausberger, Astraea ^c   Strolin Goltzman, Jessica ^a   Schudrich, Wendy ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Auspices; Job satisfaction; Structural equation modeling; Worker retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955711271     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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