Factors Influencing the Turnover of Frontline Public Child Welfare Supervisors

Authors

Austin Griffiths, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow
April MurphyFollow
Patricia Desrosiers, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow
Whitney Harper, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow
David Royse, University of Kentucky

Abstract

Frontline child welfare supervisors are a vitally important component for providing leadership in service delivery and workforce stability. This statewide study of public child welfare supervisors uses a modified version of a previously developed instrument (the CWEFS) to examine job satisfaction and factors influencing supervisors’ intention to leave. A consistent negative perception of salary was found but a stratified pattern of dissatisfaction emerged across other variables when examined by intention to leave (Stayers, Undecided, and Leavers). A Hierarchical Binary Logistic Regression Model identified two factors that predicted intention to leave: dissatisfaction with administrative support and workload impact.

Disciplines

Social Welfare

Recommended Repository Citation

Griffiths, Austin; Murphy, April; Desrosiers, Patricia; Harper, Whitney; and Royse, David. (2019). Factors Influencing the Turnover of Frontline Public Child Welfare Supervisors. Journal of Public Child Welfare.
Original Publication URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NIJS3TBIHR7FRKQF5S8Y/full?target=10.1080/15548732.2019.1652719
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/socwk_fac_pub/24