Tonya M Westbrook

Dados Biográficos

ID4176796
NOMETonya M Westbrook
PRENOMESTonya M
SOBRENOMEWestbrook
ASSINATURAWESTBROOK T M
AFILIAÇÕESWestern Carolina University
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES87
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2006
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2012
ÍNDICE H3

  • North Carolina's Child Welfare Education Collaborative (NCCWEC)

    Kellie Reed-Ashcraft, Tonya M Westbrook et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2012Referências: 3

    One state's Title IV-E child welfare social work education collaborative is delineated. This multi-year collaborative between public universities and the state's child welfare system has resulted in funding and field placements for 725 BSW and MSW students in 74 of the state's 100 counties. Further, 589 collaborative graduates have been hired in public child welfare. In addition, beneficial relationships among university personnel, local and stat…

  • Predicting public child welfare employees' intentions to remain employed with the child welfare organizational culture inventory

    Open AccessTonya M Westbrook, Alberta J Ellett et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2012Citada por: 14Referências: 13

  • Perceptions of Administrative and Supervisory Support in Public Child Welfare

    Open AccessTonya M Westbrook, Josie Crolley-Simic et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Social Work2012Citada por: 1

    Using the Child Welfare Organizational Culture Inventory (CWOCI) in a public child welfare agency, perceptions of administrative and supervisory support held by employees with social work degrees (BSW and MSW) were compared to perceptions of administrative and supervisory support held by employees without social work degrees. Child welfare employees with social work degrees reported lower administrative and supervisory support than employees with…

  • Development and Validation of a Measure of Organizational Culture in Public Child Welfare Agencies

    Open AccessTonya M Westbrook, Alberta J Ellett et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2009Citada por: 7Referências: 4

    Objective: To develop and explore the validity characteristics of a new measure of organizational culture in public child welfare agencies. Method: Multiple validation methods were used, including expert judgment and criterion-related validity procedures using a statewide sample of 1,033 child welfare caseworkers, supervisors, and administrators. Results: Principal components analyses identified seven measurement dimensions positively correlated …

  • A qualitative study of 369 child welfare professionals' perspectives about factors contributing to employee retention and turnover

    Open AccessAlberta J Ellett, Jacquelyn I Ellis et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2007Citada por: 65Referências: 10

  • Improving Retention Among Public Child Welfare Workers

    Tonya M Westbrook, Jackie Ellis et al.ARTICLEAdministration in Social Work2006

    This study expands understanding of personal and organizational factors related to retention among public child welfare workers and supervisors from the personal experiences of highly competent, long-term employees, following the original terminology used by Ellett and Ellett (1997), we termed the committed survivors. A series of focus group interviews was completed with child welfare employees in urban, suburban, and rural settings. The results …