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100 1 _aLeung, T. F., Terry.
245 1 0 _aThe welfare service practitioners' perception of their power position in the user participation imperative
_h[electronic resource] /
_cTerry T. F. Leung.
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520 _aIn the popular user participation rhetoric of social work practice, and amid the outcry for sharing power with the welfare service users when providers make service decisions, much research attention has been put on the circumstances that impeded the users’ voices, presuming that the service practitioners actually have de facto power over the service users. Based on the findings of a participatory research project conducted in Hong Kong, this paper scrutinises this presumed position of power from the service providers’ own perspective. Drawn from interviews of 47 service practitioners individually or in group, this phenomenological account is important for deciphering the conscious experiences that influence the service practitioners’ actions and reactions within participative spaces.
530 _aAvailable online and in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet.
653 _aUser participation, power, social service management
773 0 _tAsia Pacific journal of social work and development.
_g2016, Vol. 26, No. 4
_x0218-5385
_wocm57290397
856 4 0 _uhttp://ezproxy01.ny.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2016.1201432
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