Vocational aspirations of sheltered workshop workers with intellectual disability in Hong Kong

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-217

  Li, E P Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mental retardation; Sheltered employment; Upward mobility; Vocational aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; SHELTERED WORKSHOP; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SHELTERED WORKSHOPS;

EID: 0031831614     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1998.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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