Organizational Leaders' and Staff Members' Appraisals of Their Work Environment Within a Children's Social Service System

Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership and Governance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-227

  Dulmus, Catherine ^b   Maguin, Eugene ^b   Keesler, John ^b  

^a Adelv unegv Waya), David A Patterson   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hillside Family of Agencies (HFA); organizational climate; organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902841490     PISSN: 23303131     EISSN: 2330314X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2014.884032     Document Type: Article

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