An exploratory study of the relationship between child protection system stressors and case outputs

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-59

  Steen, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caseload; Child maltreatment; Organizational output; Organizational stressor; Turnover; Verification rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651479668     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643107.2011.533620     Document Type: Article

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