Correlates of job burnout among human services workers: Implications for workforce retention

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 69-90

  Thomas, Madhavappallil ^a   Kohli, Vandana ^a   Choi, Jong ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Caseload size; Human service workers; Policy; Practice; Workforce retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919928391     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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