TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Intention to Leave: A Comparison of Urban, Small-Town, and Rural Child Welfare Workers
AU - Aguiniga, Donna M.
AU - Madden, Elissa E.
AU - Faulkner, Monica R.
AU - Salehin, Mashooq
PY - 2013/6/1
Y1 - 2013/6/1
N2 - This study compared the influence of personal and organizational factors on intention to leave among 2,903 public child protection caseworkers and supervisors residing in urban, small-town, and rural counties in Texas. Although geographical location was not found to be a predictor of intention to leave, underlying factors that may influence and explain the differences between urban, small-town, and rural employees' intention to leave were identified. Workers residing in urban areas were more likely to have a master's degree and be members of a racial/ethnic minority group, while workers in small-town counties were older and had longer tenure at the agency. © 2013 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
AB - This study compared the influence of personal and organizational factors on intention to leave among 2,903 public child protection caseworkers and supervisors residing in urban, small-town, and rural counties in Texas. Although geographical location was not found to be a predictor of intention to leave, underlying factors that may influence and explain the differences between urban, small-town, and rural employees' intention to leave were identified. Workers residing in urban areas were more likely to have a master's degree and be members of a racial/ethnic minority group, while workers in small-town counties were older and had longer tenure at the agency. © 2013 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
KW - child welfare
KW - intention to leave
KW - organizational factors
KW - personal factors
KW - rural
KW - urban
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U2 - 10.1080/03643107.2012.676610
DO - 10.1080/03643107.2012.676610
M3 - Article
SN - 0364-3107
VL - 37
SP - 227
EP - 241
JO - Administration in Social Work
JF - Administration in Social Work
IS - 3
ER -