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Choice of Social Work as a Career: Possible Influences

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Pages 163-171 | Accepted 01 Feb 1994, Published online: 31 May 2013

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Jamel Slaughter & Richard Hoefer. (2019) The Impact of Internships on Recruiting and Retaining Mental Health Workers: Views From Students and Their Supervisors. Journal of Social Work Education 55:3, pages 489-503.
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Jacky T. Thomas. (2016) Adverse Childhood Experiences Among MSW Students. Journal of Teaching in Social Work 36:3, pages 235-255.
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Elena T. Mazza. (2015) Working With Students With Psychiatric Disabilities or Other Emotional Problems. Journal of Teaching in Social Work 35:4, pages 425-448.
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Jeffrey J. Bulanda, Desiree Tellis & Katherine Tyson McCrea. (2015) Cocreating a Social Work Apprenticeship with Disadvantaged African American Youth: A Best-Practices After-School Curriculum. Smith College Studies in Social Work 85:3, pages 285-310.
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Anat Freund, Edith Blit-Cohen, Ayala Cohen & Nicole Dehan. (2013) Professional Commitment in Novice Social Work Students: Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Motives and Perceptions of the Profession. Social Work Education 32:7, pages 867-887.
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LyndaR. Sowbel. (2012) Gatekeeping: Why Shouldn't we be Ambivalent?. Journal of Social Work Education 48:1, pages 27-44.
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LauraE. Hirsbrunner, DianeN. Loeffler & ElizabethL. Rompf. (2012) Spirituality and Religiosity: Their Effects on Undergraduate Social Work Career Choice. Journal of Social Service Research 38:2, pages 199-211.
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Paul Sather, Barbara Weitz & Patricia Carlson. (2007) Engaging Students in Macro Issues Through Community-Based Learning. Journal of Teaching in Social Work 27:3-4, pages 61-79.
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Eli Buchbinder. (2007) Being a Social Worker as an Existential Commitment: From Vulnerability to Meaningful Purpose. The Humanistic Psychologist 35:2, pages 161-174.
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George Wilson & Patrick McCrystal. (2007) Motivations and Career Aspirations of MSW Students in Northern Ireland. Social Work Education 26:1, pages 35-52.
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CaroleJ. Olson & David Royse. (2006) Early-Life Adversity and Choice of the Social Work Profession. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work 3:2, pages 31-47.
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