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Montgomery County Association for EXcellence in Service
P.O. Box 382 Norristown, PA 19404

Moving Agencies towards EXcellence through Collaboration, Coordination, Communications and Educational Opportunities


 

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.