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Sep 25, 2009 · Further research in motivation and leadership for social work management seems pressing and is highly recommended. Given the recommendations and findings that managers are more effective when working from a theory base, it seems important that social work managers receive the necessary education to understand models of motivation and leadership.
- Elizabeth A. Fisher
- 2009
Jul 9, 2021 · Social work theories help to understand the nature of social work practice along with the perspectives of clients being served (ibid., 6). In the group, theory discussions included explanatory generalizations and conceptualizations based on research about the client world or research resulting in implications for social work practice.
- Heidi Muurinen, Aino Kaariainen
- 2021
Social work managers are confronted with the responsibilities of leading employees and motivating them to succeed. Managers may yield better results when they couple their practice wisdom with a theoretical foundation. This conceptual paper may help social work administrators and educators by providing an overview of relevant theories of motivation and leadership and how they apply to social ...
Sep 9, 2019 · Third, as a professional practitioner, the social worker needs to be rational. Social work intervention by nature has a scientific perspective. It refers to fact-finding and objective analysis. Social work has an evidence base in its research and dissemination, by way of mediums such as this journal.
- Patrick O’Leary, Ming-sum Tsui
- 2019
As the empirical evidence has shown, not only do social workers adopt transformational leadership naturally due to the common theoretical foundation of empowerment, strengths, participatory action ...
Jun 3, 2024 · This includes obtaining research funding; senior management support; access to research respondents and participants; and engaging practitioners and service users in research project design. This collaborative also focuses on fostering international collaborative research, where members are encouraged to develop the ongoing agenda.
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Mar 21, 2017 · Abstract. With the recent increase in social work leadership literature, a few issues in research and practice have come to light. Social work research employs leadership theory derived from military leadership principles adjusted for application in corporate entities, which have decidedly different goals and processes than social work organisations.
