Comparison of Administrators and Direct Service Workers in Agencies Dealing with the Elderly
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13665142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert I Kabacoff (University of Missouri, corresponding author), Ilene Changar Shaw (St. Louis County Department of Human Resources, Clayton, MO), Georgia L Putnam (Cancer Center of Hawaii), Georgia Putnam (Community Cancer Program of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI), Helen E Klein (University of Missouri) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 979-985 |
| Publication date | 1983-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1983.52.3.979 |
| PMID | 6878591 |
| OpenAlex | W2145877223 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
This article presents comparative information, gained from mailed questionnaires, on the attitudes, knowledge, and perceptions of clients' needs held by 62 administrators and 57 direct-service personnel working with the aged. Administrators and direct-service workers were remarkably similar on each of these dimensions. Both groups demonstrated positive attitudes toward the aged and a deficit of certain types of factual knowledge about aging. Education was positively related to factual knowledge and favorable attitudes toward the elderly
Business · Medical education · Perception · Service (business · Aging and Gerontology Research · Marketing · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |