What do employers think about employing people with experience of mental illness in New Zealand workplaces?

Work

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-274

  Tse, Samson ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SF Otago   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THINKING; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 10044253509     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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