An organizational view of privatization: Is the private foster care agency superior to the public foster care agency?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 851-858

  Steen, Julie A ^a   Smith, Sarahlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare organization; Child welfare workforce; Foster care; Privatization; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862820874     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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