Charles D Cowger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5822768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles D Cowger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles D |
| FAMILY NAME | Cowger |
| SIGNATURE | COWGER C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cross-cultural practice
Social work practitioners in developing countries have difficulty in comprehending Western knowledge in day-to-day practice. This study examined by interpretive methods how Indian social workers in an alcohol treatment center, which was patterned after an American treatment model, deal with technology transfer. Dharma, karma and making pragmatic judgements as to “what works” were found to be the predominant influences in the social worker’s utili…
Clientilism and Clientification
A strengths-based practice perspective is, at best, weak and, perhaps, irrelevant in social service structures that are powered by social control values, driven by the market economy, and protected by professional self interests. This paper proposes that the relationship between the patron and the client, as expressed by the metaphor "clientelism" in the development literature, and "clientification", as described by Habermas, are informative as s…
Correcting Misuse Is the Best Defense of Statistical Tests of Significance
Author's Reply
Blaming the Client
Despite social work's commitment to a person-in-situation framework, the social work literature contains a client-blaming bias. This bias is particularly evident in recent research on practice effectiveness. The findings of the authors' survey of this research shows that problems were often defined in person-centered terms and that person-centered measures of outcome were frequently used
Statistical Significance Tests
The misinterpretation and misuse of significance tests is a serious problem in social work research. In this paper, the problem is defined in terms of errors of interpretation and technical errors. Examples of these errors are drawn from social work literature. It is recommended that statistical significance tests be de-emphasized or replaced by other procedures when requirements of the tests are not met, and that professional journals should bet…
Organizational Considerations in the Application of Budgeting and Cost Effectiveness Systems to Social Welfare Organizations
Social welfare organizations have distinctive organizational characteristics which hinder their adaptability to budget and cost effectiveness systems. This paper identifies those characteristics and discusses their significance
Social Work in Practice
Dilemmas of Planning and Self-Determination
Self-determination is examined as the premier social work value. It is argued in this paper that the positive or negative impact of planning is dependent on who is planning what for whom, and that not planning may be a more serious threat to self-determination than planning
Cross-cultural practice
Social work practitioners in developing countries have difficulty in comprehending Western knowledge in day-to-day practice. This study examined by interpretive methods how Indian social workers in an alcohol treatment center, which was patterned after an American treatment model, deal with technology transfer. Dharma, karma and making pragmatic judgements as to “what works” were found to be the predominant influences in the social worker’s utili…
Statistical Significance Tests
The misinterpretation and misuse of significance tests is a serious problem in social work research. In this paper, the problem is defined in terms of errors of interpretation and technical errors. Examples of these errors are drawn from social work literature. It is recommended that statistical significance tests be de-emphasized or replaced by other procedures when requirements of the tests are not met, and that professional journals should bet…
Blaming the Client
Despite social work's commitment to a person-in-situation framework, the social work literature contains a client-blaming bias. This bias is particularly evident in recent research on practice effectiveness. The findings of the authors' survey of this research shows that problems were often defined in person-centered terms and that person-centered measures of outcome were frequently used
Clientilism and Clientification
A strengths-based practice perspective is, at best, weak and, perhaps, irrelevant in social service structures that are powered by social control values, driven by the market economy, and protected by professional self interests. This paper proposes that the relationship between the patron and the client, as expressed by the metaphor "clientelism" in the development literature, and "clientification", as described by Habermas, are informative as s…
Author's Reply
Dilemmas of Planning and Self-Determination
Self-determination is examined as the premier social work value. It is argued in this paper that the positive or negative impact of planning is dependent on who is planning what for whom, and that not planning may be a more serious threat to self-determination than planning
Social Work in Practice
Organizational Considerations in the Application of Budgeting and Cost Effectiveness Systems to Social Welfare Organizations
Social welfare organizations have distinctive organizational characteristics which hinder their adaptability to budget and cost effectiveness systems. This paper identifies those characteristics and discusses their significance
Blaming the Client
Despite social work's commitment to a person-in-situation framework, the social work literature contains a client-blaming bias. This bias is particularly evident in recent research on practice effectiveness. The findings of the authors' survey of this research shows that problems were often defined in person-centered terms and that person-centered measures of outcome were frequently used
Statistical Significance Tests
The misinterpretation and misuse of significance tests is a serious problem in social work research. In this paper, the problem is defined in terms of errors of interpretation and technical errors. Examples of these errors are drawn from social work literature. It is recommended that statistical significance tests be de-emphasized or replaced by other procedures when requirements of the tests are not met, and that professional journals should bet…
Author's Reply
Correcting Misuse Is the Best Defense of Statistical Tests of Significance
Clientilism and Clientification
A strengths-based practice perspective is, at best, weak and, perhaps, irrelevant in social service structures that are powered by social control values, driven by the market economy, and protected by professional self interests. This paper proposes that the relationship between the patron and the client, as expressed by the metaphor "clientelism" in the development literature, and "clientification", as described by Habermas, are informative as s…
Cross-cultural practice
Social work practitioners in developing countries have difficulty in comprehending Western knowledge in day-to-day practice. This study examined by interpretive methods how Indian social workers in an alcohol treatment center, which was patterned after an American treatment model, deal with technology transfer. Dharma, karma and making pragmatic judgements as to “what works” were found to be the predominant influences in the social worker’s utili…
Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Download (3 works)