Diversity in context: How organizational culture shapes reactions to workers with disabilities and others who are demographically different

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-38

  Spataro, Sandra E ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; INTEGRATION; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; WORKER;

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 14644439932     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.623     Document Type: Review

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