Parks and recreation employment status: implications from a civil service perspective

Joel Frater; Arthur Graham

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Parks and recreation employment status: implications from a civil service perspective

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joel Frater, Arthur Graham

Year:

2002

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Todd, Sharon, comp., ed. 2002. Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-289. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 390-394.

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Abstract

Current research on the credentialing process in parks, recreation and leisure services has focused primarily on accreditation and certification and has largely ignored the civil service exam as a credentialing toll or condition of employment in many state and municipal parks and recreation departments.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Frater, Joel; Graham, Arthur. 2002. Parks and recreation employment status: implications from a civil service perspective. In: Todd, Sharon, comp., ed. 2002. Proceedings of the 2001 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-289. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 390-394.