Exploring the relationship between employment-based social capital, job stress, burnout, and intent to leave among child protection workers: An age-based path analysis model

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-62

  Boyas, Javier ^a   Wind, Leslie H ^b   Kang, Suk Young ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Burnout; Child protection worker; Employee turnover; Job stress; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455199710     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.033     Document Type: Article

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