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From Welfare to Work$
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Felice Davidson Perlmutter

Print publication date: 1997

Print ISBN-13: 9780195110159

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195110159.001.0001

How One Corporation Got Involved

Chapter:
(p. 30 ) 3 How One Corporation Got Involved
Source:
From Welfare to Work
Author(s):

Felice Davidson Perlmutter

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195110159.003.0003

This chapter tells the story of Pennsylvania Blue Shield's venture into the world of welfare. It discusses the factors that created the receptive environment for the venture. These include the organization's need for new workers, commitment and interest of management in the venture, the organization's history of providing training to new employees to give the necessary skills for competent job performance, receptive corporate culture, and involvement of other collaborating organizations in the project.

Keywords:   Pennsylvania Blue Shield, welfare reform, corporate social responsibility, corporate culture, training

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