A study of the personality attributes of applicants for postgraduate social work training to a Northern Ireland University

Social Work Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-309

  Manktelow, Roger ^a   Lewis, Christopher Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Personality; Social Work; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050714532     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470500050503     Document Type: Note

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