Job conditions, unmet expectations, and burnout in public child welfare workers: How different from other social workers?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 358-367

  Kim, Hansung ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Depersonalization; Job stress; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650304773     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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