Local Win Program Managers as Constrained Entrepreneurs

Leonard D. Goodisman and Alan Kiest
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Leonard D. Goodisman: University of Washington
Alan Kiest: Department of Social and Health Services State of Washington

Evaluation Review, 1981, vol. 5, issue 3, 341-356

Abstract: The Work Incentive Program grew out of the social reform movement to implement occupational rehabilitation. Its original, centralized philosophy was to promote self-sufficiency through job training and support services. However, the program has shifted toward decentralization, relying more on quantifiable local results. Local managers find themselves directed primarily by how many clients get unsubsidized jobs. Distinction is made between direct placements and those who enter employment on their own. A longitudinal effort shows that success is strongly dependent on local economic conditions; however, a cross-sectional effort shows the importance of the racial composition of the unemployed client pool in determining placement. Local management policy variables are significant in success as measured by numbers who entered employment.

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8100500304

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