Examining Employment Outcomes of Recently Hired, Older Workers in the Child Welfare Workforce

References

• American Association of Retired Persons (2007). Leading a multigenerational workforce. Retrieved from http://assets.aarp.org/www.aarp.org_/cs/misc/leading_a_multigenerational_workforce.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Barth, R. P., Lloyd, E. C., Christ, S. L., Chapman, M. V., & Dickinson, N. S. (2008). Child welfare worker characteristics and job satisfaction: A national study. Social Work, 53(3), 199–209. doi:10.1093/sw/53.3.199
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boonzaaier, E., Truter, E., & Fouche, A. (2021). Occupational risk factors in child protection social work: A scoping review. Children and Youth Services Review, 123, 105888. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105888
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boyas, J., Wind, L. H., & Kang, S.-Y. (2012). Exploring the relationship between employment-based social capital, job stress, burnout, and intent to leave among child protection workers: An age-based path analysis model. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(1), 50–62. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.033
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boyas, J. F., Wind, L. H., & Ruiz, E. (2013). Organizational tenure among child welfare workers, burnout, stress, and intent to leave: Does employment-based social capital make a difference? Children and Youth Services Review, 35(10), 1657–1669. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.07.008
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bride, B. E., Jones, J. L., & MacMaster, S. A. (2007). Correlates of secondary traumatic stress in child protective services workers. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 4(3–4), 69–80. doi:10.1300/J394v04n03_05
   Google Scholar
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015). Economic News Release: Table 1 civilian labor force by age, gender race and ethnicity 1994, 2004, 2014 and 2024. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t01.htm
   Google Scholar
• Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race. https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat03.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Carlsson, M., & Eriksson, S. (2019). Age discrimination in hiring decisions: Evidence from a field experiment in the labor market. Labour Economics, 59, 173–183. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2019.03.002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cohen-Callow, A. L., Hopkins, K. M., & Kim, H. J. (2009). Retaining workers approaching retirement: Why child welfare needs to pay attention to the aging workforce. Child Welfare, 88(5), 209–228.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• DePanfilis, D., & Zlotnik, J. L. (2008). Retention of front-line staff in child welfare: A systematic review of research. Children and Youth Services Review, 30(9), 995–1008. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.12.017
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fasbender, U., Wöhrmann, A. M., Wang, M., & Klehe, U. C. (2019). Is the future still open? The mediating role of occupational future time perspective in the effects of career adaptability and aging experience on late career planning. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 111, 24–38. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.10.006
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fry, R. (2022). For today’s young workers in the U.S., job tenure is similar to that of young workers in the past. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/02/for-todays-young-workers-in-the-u-s-job-tenure-is-similar-to-that-of-young-workers-in-the-past/
   Google Scholar
• Ghahramanlou, M., & Brodbeck, C. (2000). Predictors of secondary trauma in sexual assault trauma counselors. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 2(4), 229–240.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Government Accountability Office. (2003). Child welfare: HHS could play a greater role in helping child welfare agencies recruit and retain staff [GAO-03-357]. Washington DC: Author.
   Google Scholar
• Kim, H., & Kao, D. (2014). A meta-analysis of turnover intention predictors among US child welfare workers. Children and Youth Services Review, 47, 214–223. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.09.015
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• King, S. P. (2010). Development and validation of the workplace intergenerational atmosphere Scale [ Doctoral dissertation, Loyola University Chicago]. Retrieved from http://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/241/
   Google Scholar
• Kojola, E., & Moen, P. (2016). No more lock-step retirement: Boomers’ shifting meanings of work and retirement. Journal of Aging Studies, 36, 59–70. doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2015.12.003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kristensen, T. S., Borritz, M., Villadsen, E., & Christensen, K. B. (2005). The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory: A new tool for the assessment of burnout. Work & Stress, 19, 192–207. doi:10.1080/02678370500297720
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kruzich, J. M., Mienko, J. A., & Courtney, M. E. (2014). Individual and work group influences on turnover intention among public child welfare workers: The effects of work group psychological safety. Children and Youth Services Review, 42, 20–27. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.03.005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Leake, R., Rienks, S., & Obermann, A. (2017). A deeper look at burnout in the child welfare workforce. Human Service Organizations: Management. Leadership & Governance, 41, 492–502. doi:10.1080/23303131.2017.1340385
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lytle, M. C., Foley, P. F., & Cotter, E. (2015). Career and retirement theories: Relevance for older workers across cultures. Journal of Career Development, 42(3), 185–198. doi:10.1177/0894845314547638
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meruvia, R. T. (2013). Navigating a multigenerational workforce. In Practice Perspectives. National association of social workers. Washington, DC. https://www.socialworkers.org/assets/secured/documents/practice/children/Child%20Welfare%20Multigenerational%20Workforce.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Quinby, L. D., Rutledge, M. S., & Weitstein, G. (2021). How has COVID-19 affected older workers labor participation? Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved from https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IB_21-20.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L. (2015). Successful aging 2.0: Conceptual expansions for the 21st century. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(4), 593–596. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbv025
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Salsburg, E., Quigley, L., Mehfoud, N., Acquaviva, K., Wyche, K., & Silwa, S. (2017). Profile of the Social Work Workforce. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=wCttjrHq0gE%3d&portalid=0
   Google Scholar
• Shim, M. (2010). Factors influencing child welfare employee’s turnover: Focusing on organizational culture and climate. Children and Youth Services Review, 32(6), 847–856. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.02.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spector, P. E. (1994). The Job Satisfaction Survey. https://paulspector.com/assessments/pauls-no-cost-assessments/job-satisfaction-survey-jss/
   Google Scholar
• Sprang, G., Craig, C., & Clark, J. (2011). Secondary traumatic stress and burnout in child welfare workers. Child Welfare, 90(6), 149–168.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Straussner, S. L. A., & Senreich, E. (2020). Productive aging in the social work profession: A comparison of licensed social workers 60 years and older with their younger counterparts. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48(2), 196–210. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-020-00747-y
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Truxillo, D. M., Cadiz, D. M., & Hammer, L. B. (2015). Supporting the aging workforce: A review and recommendations for workplace intervention research. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology & Organizational Behavior, 2, 351–381. doi:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032414-111435
   Google Scholar
• Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act. 2015. 114 U.S.C. Defending Public Safety Employees.
   Google Scholar
• Weaver, D., Chang, J., Clark, S., & Rhee, S. (2007). Keeping public child welfare workers on the job. Administration in Social Work, 31(2), 5–25. doi:10.1300/J147v31n02_02
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wickrama, K. A. S., O’Neal, C. W., Kwag, K. H., & Lee, T. K. (2013). Is working later in life good or bad for health? An investigation of multiple health outcomes. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 68(5), 807–815. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbt069
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilke, D., Radey, M., King, E., Spinelli, C., Rakes, S., & Nolan, C. (2017). A multi-level conceptual model to examine child welfare worker turnover and retention decisions. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 12(2), 1–28. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2017.1373722
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilke, D. J., Randolph, K., & Olson, C. (2020). Examining the physical and emotional health consequences of occupational stress on early-career child welfare workers. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 35(3), 158–174. doi:10.1080/15555240.2020.1807354
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar