TY - JOUR
T1 - Interest in working with the elderly
T2 - A cross-national study of graduating social work students
AU - Weiss, Idit
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The article presents a cross-national study of social work students' interest in working with the elderly, based on a sample of 679 graduating BSW students from 7 countries: Australia, Brazil, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, and the United States. The findings among all the national cohorts show that the motivation to work with the elderly was lower than motivation to work with any other age group and, moreover, that it was equally low in most of the countries. They indicate that low motivation to work with the elderly is not limited to 1 or 2 countries but exists in various parts of the globe. The findings support the growing concern that the social work profession may not be able to meet its obligations to the aging society.
AB - The article presents a cross-national study of social work students' interest in working with the elderly, based on a sample of 679 graduating BSW students from 7 countries: Australia, Brazil, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, and the United States. The findings among all the national cohorts show that the motivation to work with the elderly was lower than motivation to work with any other age group and, moreover, that it was equally low in most of the countries. They indicate that low motivation to work with the elderly is not limited to 1 or 2 countries but exists in various parts of the globe. The findings support the growing concern that the social work profession may not be able to meet its obligations to the aging society.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=29144536134&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5175/JSWE.2005.200300342
DO - 10.5175/JSWE.2005.200300342
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AN - SCOPUS:29144536134
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 41
SP - 379
EP - 391
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 3
ER -