From flexibility to accommodation? Disabled people and the reinvention of paid work

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 420-432

  Wilton, Robert D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Disability; Flexibility; In depth interviews; Paid work; Workplace accommodation

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; LABOR PARTICIPATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11344291536     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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