Employer benefits and costs of employing a person with disability

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-263

  Graffam, Joseph ^a   Smith, Kaye ^a   Shinkfield, Alison ^a   Polzin, Udo ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Disability; Employing a person with a disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STAFF TRAINING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036998709     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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