The impact of stuttering on employment opportunities and job performance

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-273

  Klein, Joseph F ^a,b   Hood, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Handicap; Job performance; Stuttering; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OCCUPATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER MOBILITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER MOBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 20044372595     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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