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Peer reviewedCruikshank, Jane – Community Development Journal, 1989
Discusses a study of burnout among 25 community development practitioners. Indicates that those experiencing more severe forms of burnout were employed in grassroots staff positions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Burnout, Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCruikshank, Jane – Community Development Journal, 1994
Interviews with 27 "outsider" community development workers explored such issues as who benefits from outsider intervention, raising unrealistic expectations, and differing levels of risk. Workers must be aware of their considerable power (information, connections, and expertise) and the values that shape their use of it. (SK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Expectation, Foreign Countries
