Organizational Culture and Retention in Public Child Welfare Services Organizations
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چکیده
Extremely high turnover rates have plagued Public Child Welfare Services organizations historically and continue to do so currently. Turnover rates have ranged from 30-60% annually (Mor Barak, Nissly, & Levin, 2001) and from 46% to as high as 90% in a two-year period (Drake & Yadama, 1996). The most current national data reveals turnover rates between 15%22% among case managers and social workers in Public Child Welfare Services (PCWS) agencies (American Public Human Services Association, 2005). The rates vary by task classification with the turnover rates among “child protective service workers” listed as the highest at 22.1%. This represents an increase in turnover rates from year 2000 data that yielded a rate of 19.9% (APHSA, 2005).
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