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Selected
Readings on Staff Recruitment, Retention and
Training October 24,
2001 Sheryl Larson,
Institute on Community Integration, University of
Minnesota Alliance for
Consumer Options (1997). Personnel Initiative 97: A
comprehensive workforce development plan for human services workers.
Minneapolis, MN: Author. (612-624-0060) Braddock, D.,
& Mitchell, D. (1992). Residential services and developmental
disabilities in the United States: A national survey of staff
compensation, turnover and related issues. Washington D.C.: American
Association on Mental Retardation. (800-424-3688) Dykstra, A., &
Gustafson, D. (1999). The exemplar employee: Rewarding and recognizing
outstanding direct contact employees. Homewood, ll: High Tide
Press. * Hewitt, A.,
Larson, S.A., O=Nell, S., Sauer, J., & Sedlezky, L (1998). The
Minnesota frontline supervisor competencies and performance indicators:
A tool for agencies providing community services. Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota, Research and Training Center on Community Living.
$8 (612-624-0060) Hewitt, A., &
Larson S.A. (Eds.). (1998). IMPACT: Feature issue on direct support
workforce development. 10(1). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota,
Center on Residential Services and Community Living, Institute on
Community Integration (UAP). (612-624-4512) Hewitt, A.,
Larson, S.A. & O'NeIl, S. (1996). Considerations for national
voluntary credentialing for direct service
workers. Policy Research Brief, 8 (2). Minneapolis: University of
MN, Center on Residential Services and Community Living.
(612-624-4512) Jaskulski, T.
& Ebenstein, W. (Eds.). (1996). Opportunities for excellence:
Supporting thefrontline workforce. Washington DC: President's
Committee on Mental Retardation, Administration for Children and Families,
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
(202-619-0634) Johnson, S.
(1998). Who moved my cheese? New York: G.P. Putnam's
Sons. * Larson, S.A.,
Lakin, K.C., & Bruininks, R.H. (1998). Staff recruitment and
retention: Study results and intervention strategies. Washington, DC:
American Association on Mental Retardation. (800-424-
3688) Larson, S. A.,
& Lakin, K. C. (1992). Direct care staff stability in a national
sample of small group homes. Mental Retardation, 30,
13-22. Larson, S.A.,
& Lakin, K.C. (1999). Longitudinal study of recruitment and retention
in small community homes supporting people with developmental
disabilities. Mental Retardation, 37,267-280. Larson, S.A.,
Hewitt, A., & Anderson, L.L. (1999). Staff recruitment challenges and
interventions in agencies supporting people with developmental
disabilities. Mental Retardation, 37, 36-46. McEvoy, G.M.,
& Cascio, W.F. (1985). Strategies for reducing employee turnover: A
meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 70,
342-353. * Nelson, B.
(1994). 1001 ways to reward employees. New York: Worlanan
Publishing Company. Premack, S.L., & Wanous, J.P. (1985). A
meta-analysis of realistic job preview experiments. Journal
of Applied
Psychology, 70,706-719. *Residential
Provider Consortium (1999). Careers in Caring: Employment opportunities
to assist and support people with disabilities in the community. (8
min video). Cleveland: Cinecraft Productions. (Contact: Tony Thomas,
Welcome House, Inc. 440-356-2330) Taylor, M.,
Bradley, V., & Warren, R. Jr., (1996). The community support skill
standards: Toolsfor managing change and achieving outcomes. Cambridge,
MA: Human Services Research Institute.
(617-876-0426) Taylor, M, Silver,
J., Hewitt, A., VanGelder, M. & Hoff, D. (1997). Career pathmaker:
A toolkit for entering careers in human services and health care.
Cambridge, MA: Human Services Research Institute.
(617-876-0426) * Wanous, J. P.
(1992). Organizational entry: Recruitment, selection, orientation and
socialization of newcomers. (2nd Ed.). New York: Addison
Wesley. |
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