Employment of persons with disabilities in information technology jobs: Literature review for "IT works"

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 637-657

  Schartz, Kevin ^a   Schartz, Helen A ^a   Blanck, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING;

DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036459193     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.510     Document Type: Article

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