Environmental correlates of public child welfare worker turnover

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442-457

  Fulcher, Gingi M ^a   Smith, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Retention; Rural environmental factors; Social worker; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249261858     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643107.2010.518530     Document Type: Article

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