An exploration of access and treatment discrimination and job satisfaction among college graduates with and without physical disabilities

Human Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 923-955

  Perry, Elissa L ^a   Hendricks, Wallace ^b   Broadbent, Emir ^c  

^a Teachers College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Unversity of llinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Access discrimination; Disability discrimination; Job satisfaction; Physical disabilities; Treatment discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039176249     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726700537002     Document Type: Article

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