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Srinika Jayaratne

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ID4176344
NAMESrinika Jayaratne
GIVEN NAMESSrinika
FAMILY NAMEJayaratne
SIGNATUREJAYARATNE S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Michigan
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS161
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX6
  • Commitment of Private and Public Agency Workers to Child Welfare: How Long Do They Plan to Stay

    Srinika Jayaratne, Kathleen Coulborn Faller•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•2009•Cited by: 9•References: 18

    Method: Child welfare professionals completing training to work in foster care were asked about reasons for taking their child welfare position, commitment to their agencies, and commitment to child welfare. Analyses compared responses from new public agency foster care workers (N = 100), public agency workers making lateral transfers to foster care (N = 64), and new private foster care workers (N = 105). Results: Private agency foster care worke…

  • African American and white child welfare workers' attitudes towards policies involving race and sexual orientation

    Open Access•Srinika Jayaratne, Kathleen Coulborn Faller et al.•ARTICLE•Children and Youth Services Review•2008•Cited by: 3•References: 21

  • Race, Practice Behaviors and the Nasw Code of Ethics

    Srinika Jayaratne, Tom A Croxton et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•2002•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    The NASW Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. While the code is relatively comprehensive, it is viewed as a set of guidelines, and social workers are not necessarily obligated to abide by the code. This study examines the perceptions of African American (n = 219), Asian American (n = 185), Hispanic (n = 185), and White (n = 502) social workers on the appropriateness of a variety of…

  • Client or Former Client? Implications of Ex-Client Definition on Social Work Practice

    Donald R Mattison, D Mattison et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•2002•Cited by: 1

    The study discussed in this article investigated the effect of the variation in individual worker definition of "former client" in relationship to workers' perceptions of appropriate professional behaviors during the provision of social work services. A random sample of 654 social workers who possessed MSW degrees, provided direct services to clients, and were members of NASW were surveyed regarding their perceptions of appropriate behavior in se…

  • Social Work Practice Behaviors and Beliefs: Rural-Urban Differences

    Open Access•Tom A Croxton, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Social Work•2002

    There is continuing debate within the social work profession on whether there are significant differences in the practice behaviors and beliefs between rural and urban clinical social workers and whether different standards should be applied in defining ethical practices. This study measures those differences with regard to five practice behaviors: bartering,maintaining confidentiality, competent practice, dual relationships, and social relations…

  • Social Workers' Religiosity and Its Impact on Religious Practice Behaviors

    Open Access•Debra Mattison, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Social Work•2000•Cited by: 1

    This study explores the impact of the social work practitioner's religiosity on religious practice behaviors. A random sample of 1,278 social workers who possessed M.S.W. degrees, who provided direct services to clients and were members of NASW were surveyed regarding their personal religiosity. They were also asked about their views on the appropriateness of six Religion and Prayer in Practice behaviors. Variations in Religion and Prayer Practic…

  • The Contributions of Edwin J. Thomas

    Open Access•Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•1995•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    Peer Reviewed

  • A review of intensive family preservation services research

    Betty J Blythe, Mary Patterson Sulley et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work Research•1994

    This article reviews and critiques all of the recent outcome research on brief intensive family preservation services designed to serve a population at imminent risk. To complete a comprehensive review, the authors examined program evaluation efforts as well as quasi-experimental and experimental designs. Characteristics of the subjects, research designs, outcome measures, features of the family preservation services, and major findings are consi…

  • Responsibility At-Risk: Perceptions of Stress, Control and Professional Effectiveness in Child Welfare Direct Practitioners

    Neil B Guterman, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1994•Cited by: 6

    This study examines the role of work stress and control in child welfare direct practitioners' assessments of their own service effectiveness. While much attention has recently been devoted to describing the problems of worker burnout and turnover in child welfare, no attempts have yet explicitly examined the role of work stresses and control on workers' own effectiveness assessments. The results of this study, using hierarchical and simultaneous…

  • Counseling Update: A Flexible Monitoring Method for the Client and Practitioner

    Open Access•David Freiband, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•1993•Cited by: 1•References: 7

    Recent years have seen a number of articles questioning both the utility and practicality of single-case designs. The authors propose a flexible monitoring method for practice evaluation. The proposed method is presented as a dynamic model, one that utilizes the existing evaluative procedures of the practitioner. This flexible method is proposed within the general outlines of developmental research. It is proposed as a method designed to lead pra…

  • Integration of Information Technology and Single-System Designs: Issues and Promises

    Elizabeth Mutschler, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1993•Cited by: 1

    This paper employs a model of innovation diffusion to examine current issues and concerns related to the use of single-system design and its relationship to information technology. The paper will review emerging work in the area of single-system methodology and information technology, and suggest future directions on how the integration of the two innovations might benefit practitioners and clients in the human services

  • The impact of setting on work-related stress and performance among Norwegian social workers

    Open Access•David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•1993•References: 1

  • Worker Perceptions of Effectiveness and Minority-Relevant Education as a Function of Worker and Client Ethnicity

    Srinika Jayaratne, Larry M Gant et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Teaching in Social Work•1992•Cited by: 3•References: 4

    This study explores the relationship between perceived effectiveness of services delivered to minority clients, and the usefulness of education in the delivery of services, as reported by two national samples of social workers. This relationship was examined by using a national sample of minority social workers and a national sample of caucasian social workers, randomly selected from the Membership Directory of the National Association of Social …

  • Burnout and Job Satisfaction: Their Relationship to Perceived Competence and Work Stress Among Undergraduate and Graduate Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sociology & Social…•1990•Cited by: 2

    This study investigated the effects of two types of social work competency on job satisfaction and burnout among undergraduate and graduate social workers. While previous research has suggested that perceived practice competence may increase job satisfaction and reduce burnout, the findings of this study suggest that there is a differential effect between various types of competence on these factors, especially among undergraduate workers. The fi…

  • The Effects of Emotional Support on Burnout, Work Stress and Mental Health Among Norwegian and American Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1989•Cited by: 8

    This article examines the effects of emotional support on work stress and burnout among human service workers in the U.S.A. and Norway. Since work stress has been identified as an important predictor of job dissatisfaction and burnout, it is the purpose of this study to examine the ability of emotional support to moderate or "buffer" the impact of job stress. Previous research on this subject has shown some support for the buffering hypotheses, b…

  • Private and Agency Practitioners: Some Data and Observations

    Srinika Jayaratne, Kristine Siefert et al.•ARTICLE•Social Service Review•1988•Cited by: 3•References: 1

    This study compares the demographics, education and training, perceptions of job performance, and job satisfaction among a sample of agency practitioners and a sample of private practitioners randomly selected from the 1985 National Association of Social Workers membership directory. Private practitioners report a significantly higher income, greater congruence between their training and their current job, and greaterjob satisfaction. Among the p…

  • Gender Differences in Work Stress Among Clinical Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1987

    Since no consistent pattern of gender differences in the measurement of burnout and work stress has been reported in the literature, this study presents further data illustrating the effect of various work-related stress variables upon burnout and selected psychological strains related to gender d~fferences. The data were received from a national sample of 617 clinical social workers. The results indicate gender differences in the prediction of b…

  • Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Caseworkers and Administrators

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess•ARTICLE•Social Work•1986•Cited by: 4

    Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Caseworkers and Administrators Get access Srinika Jayaratne, Ph.D., Srinika Jayaratne, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Wayne A. Chess, Ph.D. Wayne A. Chess, Ph.D. Professor School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academi…

  • Burnout: Its Impact on Child Welfare Workers and Their Spouses

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•1986•Cited by: 21

    Seventy-five female child welfare workers and their husbands participated in a study of burnout and the effects of work stress on family relations. The results indicated that greater feelings of burnout in the workers were associated with their depression, anxiety, and irritableness. In addition, these individuals were also likely to report lower marital satisfaction

  • Predictors of job satisfaction, burnout and turnover among social workers in Norway and the USA: A cross-cultural study

    Open Access•David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•1986•Cited by: 5•References: 7

  • A Comparison of the Effects of Social Support on the Incidence of Burnout

    Mary Lou Davis-Sacks, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•1985•Cited by: 11

    The effective design and implementation of programs aimed at reducing burnout by increasing social support requires information about the relative effects of support from supervisors, from co-workers, and from spouses. The results of this study, a survey of female child welfare workers employed in a state department of social services, suggest that social support, particularly from supervisors and spouses, is associated with low levels of burnout…

  • Job Satisfaction, Burnout, and Turnover: A National Study

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess•ARTICLE•Social Work•1984•Cited by: 73

    A national study found similarities in levels of job satisfaction, burnout, and intent to change jobs among child welfare, community mental health, and family service workers, although the determinants varied by field of practice. The data suggest that a universal approach aimed at increasing job satisfaction and reducing burnout is likely to be of minimal value; interventions must be conducted within each setting and must attend to the idiosyncr…

  • The World View of Clinical Social Workers and Some Related Gender Differences

    Srinika Jayaratne, Karen V Ivey•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1983•Cited by: 1

    This paper considers the locus of control reported by a national sample of clinical social workers, and compares their scores with those reported by a national representative sample. On all three scales, Personal Control, Control Ideology, and Internal- External Locus of Control, the social work sample is somewhat more external than the national representative sample. When gender comparisons were made, the female social workers were significantly…

  • Demographic Correlates of Self-Esteem Among Black and White AFDC Recipients

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sociology & Social…•1980

    This study was concerned with the extent to which different demographic characteristics would offer explanations with regard to self-esteem among black and white AFDC recipients. Basically, the analysis revealed no differences in self-esteem between the black and white women in this sample. The major correlates of self-esteem for whites were work and education, whereas, the major correlates of self-esteem for blacks were the presence of children …

  • Characteristics and Theoretical Orientations of Clinical Social Workers: A National Survey

    Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1980

    This paper presents the characteristics and preferred theoretical orientations of a national sample of clinical social workers. The respondents am primarily white, and about two-thirds are female. Over half of the respondents received their MSWs after 1960, and a surprising 65.8% report at least part-time involvements in private practice. The preferred theoretical orientation among all respondents is psychoanalytic, although the vast majority rep…

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  • Job Satisfaction, Burnout, and Turnover: A National Study

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess•ARTICLE•Social Work•1984•Cited by: 73

    A national study found similarities in levels of job satisfaction, burnout, and intent to change jobs among child welfare, community mental health, and family service workers, although the determinants varied by field of practice. The data suggest that a universal approach aimed at increasing job satisfaction and reducing burnout is likely to be of minimal value; interventions must be conducted within each setting and must attend to the idiosyncr…

  • Burnout: Its Impact on Child Welfare Workers and Their Spouses

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•1986•Cited by: 21

    Seventy-five female child welfare workers and their husbands participated in a study of burnout and the effects of work stress on family relations. The results indicated that greater feelings of burnout in the workers were associated with their depression, anxiety, and irritableness. In addition, these individuals were also likely to report lower marital satisfaction

  • A Comparison of the Effects of Social Support on the Incidence of Burnout

    Mary Lou Davis-Sacks, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•1985•Cited by: 11

    The effective design and implementation of programs aimed at reducing burnout by increasing social support requires information about the relative effects of support from supervisors, from co-workers, and from spouses. The results of this study, a survey of female child welfare workers employed in a state department of social services, suggest that social support, particularly from supervisors and spouses, is associated with low levels of burnout…

  • Commitment of Private and Public Agency Workers to Child Welfare: How Long Do They Plan to Stay

    Srinika Jayaratne, Kathleen Coulborn Faller•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•2009•Cited by: 9•References: 18

    Method: Child welfare professionals completing training to work in foster care were asked about reasons for taking their child welfare position, commitment to their agencies, and commitment to child welfare. Analyses compared responses from new public agency foster care workers (N = 100), public agency workers making lateral transfers to foster care (N = 64), and new private foster care workers (N = 105). Results: Private agency foster care worke…

  • The Effects of Emotional Support on Burnout, Work Stress and Mental Health Among Norwegian and American Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1989•Cited by: 8

    This article examines the effects of emotional support on work stress and burnout among human service workers in the U.S.A. and Norway. Since work stress has been identified as an important predictor of job dissatisfaction and burnout, it is the purpose of this study to examine the ability of emotional support to moderate or "buffer" the impact of job stress. Previous research on this subject has shown some support for the buffering hypotheses, b…

  • Responsibility At-Risk: Perceptions of Stress, Control and Professional Effectiveness in Child Welfare Direct Practitioners

    Neil B Guterman, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1994•Cited by: 6

    This study examines the role of work stress and control in child welfare direct practitioners' assessments of their own service effectiveness. While much attention has recently been devoted to describing the problems of worker burnout and turnover in child welfare, no attempts have yet explicitly examined the role of work stresses and control on workers' own effectiveness assessments. The results of this study, using hierarchical and simultaneous…

  • Predictors of job satisfaction, burnout and turnover among social workers in Norway and the USA: A cross-cultural study

    Open Access•David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•1986•Cited by: 5•References: 7

  • A Study of Clinical Eclecticism

    Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Social Service Review•1978•Cited by: 5

    Clinical eclecticism is a widely acclaimed but little studied phenomenon. A national survey of clinical social workers was undertaken in an attempt to better con- ceptualize its nature. The data presented in this article are based on the responses of 267 individuals who were picked at random from the NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers and who identified themselves as eclectic in a questionnaire. Psychoanalytic theory appeared to be the moda…

  • Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Caseworkers and Administrators

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess•ARTICLE•Social Work•1986•Cited by: 4

    Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Caseworkers and Administrators Get access Srinika Jayaratne, Ph.D., Srinika Jayaratne, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Wayne A. Chess, Ph.D. Wayne A. Chess, Ph.D. Professor School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academi…

  • African American and white child welfare workers' attitudes towards policies involving race and sexual orientation

    Open Access•Srinika Jayaratne, Kathleen Coulborn Faller et al.•ARTICLE•Children and Youth Services Review•2008•Cited by: 3•References: 21

  • Worker Perceptions of Effectiveness and Minority-Relevant Education as a Function of Worker and Client Ethnicity

    Srinika Jayaratne, Larry M Gant et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Teaching in Social Work•1992•Cited by: 3•References: 4

    This study explores the relationship between perceived effectiveness of services delivered to minority clients, and the usefulness of education in the delivery of services, as reported by two national samples of social workers. This relationship was examined by using a national sample of minority social workers and a national sample of caucasian social workers, randomly selected from the Membership Directory of the National Association of Social …

  • Private and Agency Practitioners: Some Data and Observations

    Srinika Jayaratne, Kristine Siefert et al.•ARTICLE•Social Service Review•1988•Cited by: 3•References: 1

    This study compares the demographics, education and training, perceptions of job performance, and job satisfaction among a sample of agency practitioners and a sample of private practitioners randomly selected from the 1985 National Association of Social Workers membership directory. Private practitioners report a significantly higher income, greater congruence between their training and their current job, and greaterjob satisfaction. Among the p…

  • Burnout and Job Satisfaction: Their Relationship to Perceived Competence and Work Stress Among Undergraduate and Graduate Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sociology & Social…•1990•Cited by: 2

    This study investigated the effects of two types of social work competency on job satisfaction and burnout among undergraduate and graduate social workers. While previous research has suggested that perceived practice competence may increase job satisfaction and reduce burnout, the findings of this study suggest that there is a differential effect between various types of competence on these factors, especially among undergraduate workers. The fi…

  • Race, Practice Behaviors and the Nasw Code of Ethics

    Srinika Jayaratne, Tom A Croxton et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•2002•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    The NASW Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. While the code is relatively comprehensive, it is viewed as a set of guidelines, and social workers are not necessarily obligated to abide by the code. This study examines the perceptions of African American (n = 219), Asian American (n = 185), Hispanic (n = 185), and White (n = 502) social workers on the appropriateness of a variety of…

  • Client or Former Client? Implications of Ex-Client Definition on Social Work Practice

    Donald R Mattison, D Mattison et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•2002•Cited by: 1

    The study discussed in this article investigated the effect of the variation in individual worker definition of "former client" in relationship to workers' perceptions of appropriate professional behaviors during the provision of social work services. A random sample of 654 social workers who possessed MSW degrees, provided direct services to clients, and were members of NASW were surveyed regarding their perceptions of appropriate behavior in se…

  • Social Workers' Religiosity and Its Impact on Religious Practice Behaviors

    Open Access•Debra Mattison, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Social Work•2000•Cited by: 1

    This study explores the impact of the social work practitioner's religiosity on religious practice behaviors. A random sample of 1,278 social workers who possessed M.S.W. degrees, who provided direct services to clients and were members of NASW were surveyed regarding their personal religiosity. They were also asked about their views on the appropriateness of six Religion and Prayer in Practice behaviors. Variations in Religion and Prayer Practic…

  • The Contributions of Edwin J. Thomas

    Open Access•Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•1995•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    Peer Reviewed

  • Counseling Update: A Flexible Monitoring Method for the Client and Practitioner

    Open Access•David Freiband, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•1993•Cited by: 1•References: 7

    Recent years have seen a number of articles questioning both the utility and practicality of single-case designs. The authors propose a flexible monitoring method for practice evaluation. The proposed method is presented as a dynamic model, one that utilizes the existing evaluative procedures of the practitioner. This flexible method is proposed within the general outlines of developmental research. It is proposed as a method designed to lead pra…

  • Integration of Information Technology and Single-System Designs: Issues and Promises

    Elizabeth Mutschler, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1993•Cited by: 1

    This paper employs a model of innovation diffusion to examine current issues and concerns related to the use of single-system design and its relationship to information technology. The paper will review emerging work in the area of single-system methodology and information technology, and suggest future directions on how the integration of the two innovations might benefit practitioners and clients in the human services

  • The World View of Clinical Social Workers and Some Related Gender Differences

    Srinika Jayaratne, Karen V Ivey•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1983•Cited by: 1

    This paper considers the locus of control reported by a national sample of clinical social workers, and compares their scores with those reported by a national representative sample. On all three scales, Personal Control, Control Ideology, and Internal- External Locus of Control, the social work sample is somewhat more external than the national representative sample. When gender comparisons were made, the female social workers were significantly…

  • Self-Esteem and Locus of Control Among American Indian, Black, and White AFDC Recipients

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1980•Cited by: 1

    This study compares the self-esteem and locus of control reported by a random sample of 322 American Indian, Black, and White AFDC recipients. Personal interviews were conducted with all respondents. No differences were found among the races on self-esteem and locus of control. Work status and education level were found to be the two demographic characteristics that were significantly correlated with the dependent measure. As such, it was expecte…

  • A Study of Clinical Eclecticism

    Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Social Service Review•1978•Cited by: 5

    Clinical eclecticism is a widely acclaimed but little studied phenomenon. A national survey of clinical social workers was undertaken in an attempt to better con- ceptualize its nature. The data presented in this article are based on the responses of 267 individuals who were picked at random from the NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers and who identified themselves as eclectic in a questionnaire. Psychoanalytic theory appeared to be the moda…

  • Demographic Correlates of Self-Esteem Among Black and White AFDC Recipients

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sociology & Social…•1980

    This study was concerned with the extent to which different demographic characteristics would offer explanations with regard to self-esteem among black and white AFDC recipients. Basically, the analysis revealed no differences in self-esteem between the black and white women in this sample. The major correlates of self-esteem for whites were work and education, whereas, the major correlates of self-esteem for blacks were the presence of children …

  • Characteristics and Theoretical Orientations of Clinical Social Workers: A National Survey

    Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1980

    This paper presents the characteristics and preferred theoretical orientations of a national sample of clinical social workers. The respondents am primarily white, and about two-thirds are female. Over half of the respondents received their MSWs after 1960, and a surprising 65.8% report at least part-time involvements in private practice. The preferred theoretical orientation among all respondents is psychoanalytic, although the vast majority rep…

  • Self-Esteem and Locus of Control Among American Indian, Black, and White AFDC Recipients

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1980•Cited by: 1

    This study compares the self-esteem and locus of control reported by a random sample of 322 American Indian, Black, and White AFDC recipients. Personal interviews were conducted with all respondents. No differences were found among the races on self-esteem and locus of control. Work status and education level were found to be the two demographic characteristics that were significantly correlated with the dependent measure. As such, it was expecte…

  • The World View of Clinical Social Workers and Some Related Gender Differences

    Srinika Jayaratne, Karen V Ivey•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1983•Cited by: 1

    This paper considers the locus of control reported by a national sample of clinical social workers, and compares their scores with those reported by a national representative sample. On all three scales, Personal Control, Control Ideology, and Internal- External Locus of Control, the social work sample is somewhat more external than the national representative sample. When gender comparisons were made, the female social workers were significantly…

  • Job Satisfaction, Burnout, and Turnover: A National Study

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess•ARTICLE•Social Work•1984•Cited by: 73

    A national study found similarities in levels of job satisfaction, burnout, and intent to change jobs among child welfare, community mental health, and family service workers, although the determinants varied by field of practice. The data suggest that a universal approach aimed at increasing job satisfaction and reducing burnout is likely to be of minimal value; interventions must be conducted within each setting and must attend to the idiosyncr…

  • A Comparison of the Effects of Social Support on the Incidence of Burnout

    Mary Lou Davis-Sacks, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•1985•Cited by: 11

    The effective design and implementation of programs aimed at reducing burnout by increasing social support requires information about the relative effects of support from supervisors, from co-workers, and from spouses. The results of this study, a survey of female child welfare workers employed in a state department of social services, suggest that social support, particularly from supervisors and spouses, is associated with low levels of burnout…

  • Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Caseworkers and Administrators

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess•ARTICLE•Social Work•1986•Cited by: 4

    Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Caseworkers and Administrators Get access Srinika Jayaratne, Ph.D., Srinika Jayaratne, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Wayne A. Chess, Ph.D. Wayne A. Chess, Ph.D. Professor School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academi…

  • Burnout: Its Impact on Child Welfare Workers and Their Spouses

    Srinika Jayaratne, Wayne A Chess et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•1986•Cited by: 21

    Seventy-five female child welfare workers and their husbands participated in a study of burnout and the effects of work stress on family relations. The results indicated that greater feelings of burnout in the workers were associated with their depression, anxiety, and irritableness. In addition, these individuals were also likely to report lower marital satisfaction

  • Predictors of job satisfaction, burnout and turnover among social workers in Norway and the USA: A cross-cultural study

    Open Access•David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•1986•Cited by: 5•References: 7

  • Gender Differences in Work Stress Among Clinical Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1987

    Since no consistent pattern of gender differences in the measurement of burnout and work stress has been reported in the literature, this study presents further data illustrating the effect of various work-related stress variables upon burnout and selected psychological strains related to gender d~fferences. The data were received from a national sample of 617 clinical social workers. The results indicate gender differences in the prediction of b…

  • Private and Agency Practitioners: Some Data and Observations

    Srinika Jayaratne, Kristine Siefert et al.•ARTICLE•Social Service Review•1988•Cited by: 3•References: 1

    This study compares the demographics, education and training, perceptions of job performance, and job satisfaction among a sample of agency practitioners and a sample of private practitioners randomly selected from the 1985 National Association of Social Workers membership directory. Private practitioners report a significantly higher income, greater congruence between their training and their current job, and greaterjob satisfaction. Among the p…

  • The Effects of Emotional Support on Burnout, Work Stress and Mental Health Among Norwegian and American Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1989•Cited by: 8

    This article examines the effects of emotional support on work stress and burnout among human service workers in the U.S.A. and Norway. Since work stress has been identified as an important predictor of job dissatisfaction and burnout, it is the purpose of this study to examine the ability of emotional support to moderate or "buffer" the impact of job stress. Previous research on this subject has shown some support for the buffering hypotheses, b…

  • Burnout and Job Satisfaction: Their Relationship to Perceived Competence and Work Stress Among Undergraduate and Graduate Social Workers

    David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sociology & Social…•1990•Cited by: 2

    This study investigated the effects of two types of social work competency on job satisfaction and burnout among undergraduate and graduate social workers. While previous research has suggested that perceived practice competence may increase job satisfaction and reduce burnout, the findings of this study suggest that there is a differential effect between various types of competence on these factors, especially among undergraduate workers. The fi…

  • Worker Perceptions of Effectiveness and Minority-Relevant Education as a Function of Worker and Client Ethnicity

    Srinika Jayaratne, Larry M Gant et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Teaching in Social Work•1992•Cited by: 3•References: 4

    This study explores the relationship between perceived effectiveness of services delivered to minority clients, and the usefulness of education in the delivery of services, as reported by two national samples of social workers. This relationship was examined by using a national sample of minority social workers and a national sample of caucasian social workers, randomly selected from the Membership Directory of the National Association of Social …

  • Counseling Update: A Flexible Monitoring Method for the Client and Practitioner

    Open Access•David Freiband, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•1993•Cited by: 1•References: 7

    Recent years have seen a number of articles questioning both the utility and practicality of single-case designs. The authors propose a flexible monitoring method for practice evaluation. The proposed method is presented as a dynamic model, one that utilizes the existing evaluative procedures of the practitioner. This flexible method is proposed within the general outlines of developmental research. It is proposed as a method designed to lead pra…

  • Integration of Information Technology and Single-System Designs: Issues and Promises

    Elizabeth Mutschler, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1993•Cited by: 1

    This paper employs a model of innovation diffusion to examine current issues and concerns related to the use of single-system design and its relationship to information technology. The paper will review emerging work in the area of single-system methodology and information technology, and suggest future directions on how the integration of the two innovations might benefit practitioners and clients in the human services

  • The impact of setting on work-related stress and performance among Norwegian social workers

    Open Access•David P Himle, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•1993•References: 1

  • A review of intensive family preservation services research

    Betty J Blythe, Mary Patterson Sulley et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work Research•1994

    This article reviews and critiques all of the recent outcome research on brief intensive family preservation services designed to serve a population at imminent risk. To complete a comprehensive review, the authors examined program evaluation efforts as well as quasi-experimental and experimental designs. Characteristics of the subjects, research designs, outcome measures, features of the family preservation services, and major findings are consi…

  • Responsibility At-Risk: Perceptions of Stress, Control and Professional Effectiveness in Child Welfare Direct Practitioners

    Neil B Guterman, Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•1994•Cited by: 6

    This study examines the role of work stress and control in child welfare direct practitioners' assessments of their own service effectiveness. While much attention has recently been devoted to describing the problems of worker burnout and turnover in child welfare, no attempts have yet explicitly examined the role of work stresses and control on workers' own effectiveness assessments. The results of this study, using hierarchical and simultaneous…

  • The Contributions of Edwin J. Thomas

    Open Access•Srinika Jayaratne•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•1995•Cited by: 1•References: 3

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  • Social Workers' Religiosity and Its Impact on Religious Practice Behaviors

    Open Access•Debra Mattison, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Social Work•2000•Cited by: 1

    This study explores the impact of the social work practitioner's religiosity on religious practice behaviors. A random sample of 1,278 social workers who possessed M.S.W. degrees, who provided direct services to clients and were members of NASW were surveyed regarding their personal religiosity. They were also asked about their views on the appropriateness of six Religion and Prayer in Practice behaviors. Variations in Religion and Prayer Practic…

  • Race, Practice Behaviors and the Nasw Code of Ethics

    Srinika Jayaratne, Tom A Croxton et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social Service Research•2002•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    The NASW Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. While the code is relatively comprehensive, it is viewed as a set of guidelines, and social workers are not necessarily obligated to abide by the code. This study examines the perceptions of African American (n = 219), Asian American (n = 185), Hispanic (n = 185), and White (n = 502) social workers on the appropriateness of a variety of…

  • Client or Former Client? Implications of Ex-Client Definition on Social Work Practice

    Donald R Mattison, D Mattison et al.•ARTICLE•Social Work•2002•Cited by: 1

    The study discussed in this article investigated the effect of the variation in individual worker definition of "former client" in relationship to workers' perceptions of appropriate professional behaviors during the provision of social work services. A random sample of 654 social workers who possessed MSW degrees, provided direct services to clients, and were members of NASW were surveyed regarding their perceptions of appropriate behavior in se…

  • Social Work Practice Behaviors and Beliefs: Rural-Urban Differences

    Open Access•Tom A Croxton, Srinika Jayaratne et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Social Work•2002

    There is continuing debate within the social work profession on whether there are significant differences in the practice behaviors and beliefs between rural and urban clinical social workers and whether different standards should be applied in defining ethical practices. This study measures those differences with regard to five practice behaviors: bartering,maintaining confidentiality, competent practice, dual relationships, and social relations…

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