Field instructors' commitment to student supervision: Testing the investment model

Social Work Education

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 684-696

  Peleg Oren, Neta ^a   Macgowan, Mark J ^a   Even Zahav, Ronit ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Commitment; Field Instructors; Field Work; Investment Model; Student Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044795861     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470601129875     Document Type: Article

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