Responses to informal accommodation requests from employees with disabilities: Multistudy evidence on willingness to comply

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 224-233

  Florey, Anna T ^a   Harrison, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0034340894     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556379     Document Type: Article

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