title: Realistic job previews in child welfare: state of innovation and practice.
abstract: We review the uses of realistic job previews (RJPs) for recruitment, selection, and retention of child welfare employees. We describe the history of development of RJPs in child welfare, summarize the contents of 10 RJPs, and report on interviews with human resources personnel and other key informants about how RJPs were developed and how they are used in child welfare recruitment and selection. Outcome data on the effectiveness of RJPs were available from one state, Michigan; these findings are reported.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1106, USA. kcfaller@umich.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen Coulborn
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Faller
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masternak
authors.forename: Claudette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grinnell-Davis
authors.forename: Marguerite
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grabarek
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sieffert
authors.forename: Freda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bernatovicz
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce