Retensiestrategieë as teenvoeter vir vroeë beroepsverlating onder maatskaplike werkers
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Authors
Adlem, Anri Gretha
Issue Date
2009-08-25T10:54:31Z
Type
Dissertation
Language
other
Keywords
Feelings and emotional reactions amongst social workers subsequent to the early exodus from the profession , Personal reasons for social worker’s leaving the profession , General reasons for social worker’s leaving the profession , Social worker retention strategies
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Abstract
The serious shortage of social workers (nationally) caused by their exodus from the profession at an alarming rate and the resultant classification of social work as a "scare skill" served as motivation for this research project into retention strategies to retain social workers for the profession.
A qualitative research approach and an explorative, descriptive and contextual research design was employed to conduct semi-structured interviews with 15 purposely selected participants in the geographically defined boundaries of the Northern Free State and Gauteng. Tesch's (in Creswell, 1994) and Guba's models (in Krefting, 1991) aided the processes of data collection and verification, respectively. The research findings uncovered: general and specific reasons for the social workers' exodus, feelings and emotional reactions of social workers subsequent to the early exodus from the profession, and retention proposals to retain social workers. Based on the findings, recommendation directed to practice, education, policy and further research, were made.
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Citation
Adlem, Anri Gretha (2009) Retensiestrategieë as teenvoeter vir vroeë beroepsverlating onder maatskaplike werkers, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1572>