Empowerment as a framework for indigenous workforce development and organisational change

Australian Social Work

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 422-434

  Whiteside, Mary ^a   Tsey, Komla ^a   McCalman, Janya ^a   Cadet James, Yvonne ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Indigenous Child Protection; Indigenous Workforce Development; Indigenous Youth Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044806621     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070600985996     Document Type: Article

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