Employer's knowledge and utilization of accommodations

Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-15

  Unger, Darlene ^a   Kregel, John ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees with disabilities; Reasonable accommodations; Workplace supports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; WORKPLACE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED PERSON; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0042425888     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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