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Building professional capital : New Zealand social workers and continuing education

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posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by Elizabeth Beddoe
In a qualitative study of the engagement of New Zealand social workers in continuing professional education the construct "professional capital", a form of symbolic capital, explains complex links between perceived status within institutional settings and the aspirations of practitioners. Strategies for developing greater engagement in scholarship and research are recommended.

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295 leaves ; 30 cm.

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eng

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2010.

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Ph.D.

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B Pease, J Maidment

Faculty

Faculty of Health

School

Medicine

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