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Examining the glass ceiling: gender influences on promotion decisions
- Author:
- CHERNESKY Roslyn H.
- Journal article citation:
- Administration in Social Work, 27(2), 2003, pp.13-18.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Briefly reports on two recent American studies to focus on the personal characteristics of organisational decision-makers and explain the glass ceiling that exists for women. Concludes that although the gender of organisational decision-makers does not seem to influence promotion decisions, decisions by both male and female managers seem to be influenced by social and organisational contexts. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Women managers are better: no they're not, yes they are!
- Author:
- CHERNESKY Roslyn H.
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 11(3), 1996, pp.356-361.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Looks at the debate on women as managers and whether there are male and female management styles.
Rethinking needs assessment in planning services for older adults
- Authors:
- CHERNESKY Roslyn H., GUTHEIL Irene A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 51(1/2), 2008, pp.109-125.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A comprehensive needs assessment of older adults carried out in 2004 in Bermuda is described. Informal discussions and a preliminary synthesis of existing data were designed to scope the issue and gauge support for the needs assessment before the exercise was designed. This encompassed home-based interviews with 304 randomly selected adults aged 65 to 97; six focus groups conducted with a total of 53 family carers; and a questionnaire survey of all identifiable service providers. The findings are reported, together with the questions they raised, and it is argued that even when needs assessment is carefully planned, it cannot always provide the desired information. A revision of some key assumptions about what needs assessment can do is offered. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Assessing the service needs of seniors: Bermuda's service providers
- Authors:
- CHERNESKY Roslyn H., GUTHEIL Irene A.
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 50(4), July 2007, pp.539-547.
- Publisher:
- Sage
With its rapidly growing older population, Bermuda faces a demographic challenge. Bermuda also faces declining fertility rates and full employment, with 80 percent of women in the labour force, which will significantly reduce the number, availability and capacity of family caregivers. This article looks at one component of a needs assessment which was a first step to guide future planning and resource allocation for an improved service system for the aging population of Bermuda.
Job expectations and intention to leave in a state child welfare agency
- Authors:
- CHERNESKY Roslyn H., ISRAEL Marion K.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Child Welfare, 3(1), January 2009, pp.23-39.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports on a study that was the first stage of a project to examine recruitment and retention in the State of Connecticut’s public child welfare agency. The primary purpose of the study was to better understand the workforce retention challenge Connecticut faced in order to mount a campaign to effectively address issues related to recruitment and retention of child welfare staff. A cross-sectional survey of Connecticut's child welfare staff examined reasons for taking a public child welfare position and job expectations to better understand why workers leave. Questionnaires were distributed to all direct service workers, and were completed and returned by 960 employees, a response rate of 37.6%. The results showed that workers who take jobs because they are committed to the mission of the agency were more satisfied and less inclined to leave. Regardless of why workers accepted the position, they were more likely to think about leaving if they thought the organisation did not provide what they expected. These findings suggest that the reasons why workers choose to take a job in public child welfare may be as important as the reasons why workers choose to leave, and managers may need to consider workers' job expectations when addressing worker retention.
Graduate social work students' interest in working with older adults
- Authors:
- GUTHEIL Irene A., HEYMAN Janna C., CHERNESKY Roslyn H.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 28(1), February 2009, pp.54-64.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This US study examined 304 Master's in Social Work students' interest in working with older adults following the use of case studies to infuse aging content into the foundation social work curriculum. Faculty members were provided with extensive materials to support their use of the cases with aging content in class. Compared to an earlier study, students were significantly more interested in working with older adults after they were exposed to the cases. Factors that predicted students' interest include age and attitude towards aging, specifically seeing older adults as having vitality. Implications of these findings are discussed.