Senior management commitment to disability: The influence of legal compulsion and best practice

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 454-467

  Dibben, Pauline ^a   James, Phil ^a   Cunningham, Ian ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disabled people; Discrimination; Equal opportunities; Legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035631120     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480110393493     Document Type: Article

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