Broad Study but Narrow Question: A Friendly Critique of Perry's Article

Autor/in	Ellett, Alberta J.
Titel	Broad Study but Narrow Question: A Friendly Critique of Perry's Article
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 16 (2006) 4, S.406-411 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731505284204
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Job Performance; Child Welfare; Supervisors; Social Work; Caseworkers; Reader Response; Evaluation Research; Vocational Evaluation; Personnel Evaluation; Credentials; Supervisory Methods; Peer Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Kindeswohl; Soziale Arbeit; Leserbrief; Evaluationsforschung; Personalbeurteilung; Studienbuch
Abstract	This article is a critique of the article by Robin Perry in this issue that describes a study in Florida to compare supervisor and peer performance evaluations of child welfare staff. An overview of prior studies related to the importance of the social work degree is provided. Subsequently, selected technical, design issues, and results in the Perry study are identified and discussed. Issues and speculations about the validity of supervisor and peer ratings in Perry's study and other studies are addressed. Finally, a discussion of the need to broaden perspectives on the importance of the social work degree is included. Perry's results indicate more about the invalidity of supervisor and peer ratings of child welfare staff performance than anything about the importance of the social work degree for effective job performance. Perry's study focused on a narrow issue pertaining to a larger set of issues. (As Provided).
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