Search Results - "Hopkins, Karen M"

The quest for rural child welfare workers: How different are they from their urban counterparts in demographics, organizational climate, and work attitudes? by Kim, HaeJung, Hopkins, Karen M.

“…Recruiting and retaining child welfare workers in rural communities have been noted as major problems. Although there has been research on organizational…”
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Beyond intent to leave: Using multiple outcome measures for assessing turnover in child welfare by Hopkins, Karen M., Cohen-Callow, Amy, Kim, Hae Jung, Hwang, Jeongha

“…This study sought to provide a more comprehensive approach to assessing and predicting turnover in child welfare by utilizing established measures that go…”
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Clean and green organizing in urban neighborhoods: Measuring perceived and objective outcomes by Mattocks, Nicole, Meyer, Megan, Hopkins, Karen M., Cohen-Callow, Amy

“…One way in which urban community organizations attempt to improve neighborhood health is through cleaning and greening efforts. Few studies have evaluated how…”
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A Validation Study of the Revised Personal Safety Decision Scale by Kim, HaeJung, Hopkins, Karen M.

“…Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the reliability and validity of an 11-item Personal Safety Decision Scale (PSDS) in a sample of child…”
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Dual Degree Social Work Programs: Where are the Programs and Where are the Graduates? by Miller, Shari E., Hopkins, Karen M., Greif, Geoffrey L.

“…This article presents results of an exploratory study designed to survey the dual degree graduates of one large school of social work, and to report on the…”
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Retaining Workers Approaching Retirement: Why Child Welfare Needs to Pay Attention to the Aging Workforce by Cohen-Callow, Amy, Hopkins, Karen M., Kim, Hae Jung

“…The child welfare workforce faces looming staffing shortages complicated by the large number of workers approaching retirement. Strategies that mitigate the…”
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Increasing Both Organizational and Client Capacities During Tough Economic Times: An Examination of the Consumer and Incentive-Based Ambassador Volunteer Program by Hopkins, Karen M., Meyer, Megan, McLennan, William, Sharp, Jason, Sheffield, Katie

“…Various economic and societal conditions are making it more difficult for community-based agencies to sustain volunteer programs. Therefore, concerned managers…”
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Interactions of Gender and Race in Workers’ Help Seeking for Personal/Family Problems: Perceptions of Supervisor Support and Intervention by Hopkins, Karen M.

“…Most research on supervisor support and intervention with troubled workers has focused on Caucasian male workers and supervisors, with little emphasis on…”
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A structural equation model of the effects of diversity characteristics and inclusion on organizational outcomes in the child welfare workforce by Hwang, Jeongha, Hopkins, Karen M.

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of diversity characteristics and organizational inclusion on organizational outcomes (e.g.,…”
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Manager Intervention with Troubled Supervisors: Help and Support Start at the Top by Hopkins, Karen M.

“…Although research demonstrates the importance of supervisors’ supportive and helping interactions with troubled workers, little is known about how managers…”
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Impact of University/Agency Partnerships in Child Welfare on Organizations, Workers, and Work Activities by Hopkins, Karen M., Mudrick, Nancy R., Rudolph, Claire S.

“…Critiques of child welfare services in the public sector point to problems both in the training and skill level of workers, and in the organizational structure…”
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Organizational Citizenship in Social Service Agencies by Hopkins, Karen M.

“…In an era of "doing more with less," social service organizations expect workers to engage in "organizational citizenship" behaviors-extra-role activities that…”
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Field Practicum Experiences of Macro-Oriented Graduate Students: Are We Doing Them Justice? by Deal, Katherine Holtz, Hopkins, Karen M., Fisher, Liz, Hartin, John

“…This research examined the understudied field practicum experiences of macro-oriented (management and community practice) social work graduate students in…”
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Supervision as collaboration in the human services: building a learning culture / editors Michael J. Austin, Karen M. Hopkins by Austin, Michael J, Hopkins, Karen M

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The Human Service Managerial Dilemma: New Expectations, Chronic Challenges and Old Solutions by Hopkins, Karen M., Hyde, Cheryl

“…The purpose of the study was to explore 115 human services manager's responses to current challenges, and determine whether or not managers engaged in the kind…”
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Social Work, Critical Reflection and the Learning Organization . Edited by Nick  Gould and Mark  Baldwin. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004. Pp. 220. $94.95 (cloth) by Hopkins, Karen M.

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Human Services Management: Organizational Leadership in Social Work Practice . By David M.  Austin. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Pp. 468. $59.50 (cloth) by Hopkins, Karen M.

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Developmental Trajectories of Social Skills in Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) Infants and Toddlers by Martinez, Caroline L., Brockmeyer, Carolyn A., Dreyer, Benard P., Burtchen, Nina, Arevalo, Jenny, Hopkins, Karen M., Bases, Hugh, Huang, Ruee, Mendelsohn, Alan L.

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The Developmental and Family Services Unit--a model AIDS project serving developmentally disabled children and their families by Hopkins, K M, Grosz, J, Cohen, H, Diamond, G, Nozyce, M

“…This paper describes a model program that uses a multidisciplinary team to assess the developmental and psychosocial needs of HIV-infected children and their…”
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Cumulative Infant/Toddler Media Exposure Adversely Associated with Self-Regulation at 3 Years by Huang, Ruee, Tomopoulos, Suzy, Dreyer, Benard P., Brockmeyer, Carolyn A., Berkule-Silberman, Samantha B., Hopkins, Karen M., Martinez, Caroline L., Bases, Hugh, Urraca, Triana, Romero, Daniela, Mendelsohn, Alan L.

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