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ERIC Number: EJ552732
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
Institutional Abuse: The Role of Leadership, Authority and the Environment in the Social Sciences Literature.
Nunno, Michael A.
Early Child Development and Care, v133 p21-40 Jun 1997
Presents an ecological model identifying four factors: the child, caregivers, facility environment; and exogenous factors contributing to child maltreatment in residential care. Facility factors include organizational culture and staffing patterns. Caregiver factors include gender, age, training, and status. Child factors include gender, age, and victim status. Exogenous factors are time of the school year and threatened staff layoffs. (KB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Foster Care, Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Styles, Literature Reviews, Models, Organizational Climate, Power Structure, Residential Care, Residential Institutions
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Authority; Organizational Culture
Note: Special Issue Topic: "Institutional Abuse: Leadership, Power and Rights Explored."