Who's Minding the Child Care Workers? : A Look at Staff Burn-out / Marcy Whitebook and Carollee Howes.

This study investigates "burn-out" and turnover among workers in child care settings. A total of 95 persons working in 32 child care centers in San Francisco were interviewed by telephone. One-fifth of the centers in the city were represented and both public and private centers were included. Each c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Whitebook, Marcy
Howes, Carollee (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
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Physical Description:27 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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