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An investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years

The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the perspectives of social workers in the child welfare field and to ascertain what motivates them to remain in their jobs for longer than three years, instead of pursuing less demanding and more lucrative career paths.

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Main Author: Mugwagwa, Belinda
Other Authors: Smit, Andre de V
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Social Development 2015
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Social Policy and Management
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11250 An investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years Mugwagwa, Belinda Smit, Andre de V Social Policy and Management The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the perspectives of social workers in the child welfare field and to ascertain what motivates them to remain in their jobs for longer than three years, instead of pursuing less demanding and more lucrative career paths. 2015-01-04T14:26:07Z 2015-01-04T14:26:07Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11250 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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An investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years
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title An investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years
title_full An investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years
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title_full_unstemmed An investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years
title_short An investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years
title_sort investigation of the factors which motivate social workers in child welfare to remain in the same job for more than three years
topic Social Policy and Management
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11250
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