Measuring and reducing acquiescence in vocational profiling procedures for first time job-seekers with mental retardation

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-299

  Kilsby, Mark ^a   Bennert, Kristina ^a   Beyer, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquiescence; Coding of adjacency pairs; Discourse analysis; Self determination; Vocational profiling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB FINDING; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 0037003175     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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