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This exploratory study focuses on 155 randomly selected respondents wh
o obtained a clinical license in social work with or without the Maste
r of Social Work (MSW) degree. Ninety-seven of the respondents obtaine
d a license with an MSW degree; fifty-eight obtained a license without
the MSW degree. The two groups of respondents completed a survey inst
rument that explored their basic demographic characteristics, their at
titudes and behaviors related to practice, and their philosophical and
political attitudes toward practice. The researchers found few statis
tically significant differences between the two groups of respondents.
The article offers implications of these findings for the profession
of social work.