The fabric of engagement: The engagement and personality of managers and professionals in human and developmental disability services

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-210

  Litten, Joyce P ^a   Vaughan, Amy G ^b   De Mello E Souza Wildermuth, Cristina ^b  

^a Lourdes College   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Engagement; Five factor model of personality; Managers; Personality; Social services; Social workers; William kahn

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79961234322     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536710X.2011.596447     Document Type: Article

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