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The Impact of Supervisory Behavior on Permanency Rates for Foster Children in a Child Welfare Context

Ahearn, Kathleen Kraus

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Title
The Impact of Supervisory Behavior on Permanency Rates for Foster Children in a Child Welfare Context
Author(s)
Ahearn, Kathleen Kraus
Issue Date
1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Poertner, John
Department of Study
Social Work
Discipline
Social Work
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Sociology, Public and Social Welfare
Language
eng
Abstract
Worker characteristics such as education, empowerment, and experience did not act as mediators of supervisory characteristics and behaviors. The moderating variables of average case load and type of foster care, either regular or kinship, predicted significant variance whereas the measures used to assess difficulty of children served, average age and number of placements did not. Supervisor's political skill and the workers impression of the supervisor's client-centeredness were the other factors which predicted permanency. Supervisor's level of empowerment, empowering behavior, and self-assessment of client-centeredness were not significant predictors. Supervisors education and supervisors management experience, which were examined as surrogates for technical skill, were not significant.
Graduation Semester
1999
Type of Resource
text
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