The role of physical disabilities in early career: Vocational choice, the school-to-work transition, and becoming established

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-274

  Feldman, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early career development; Motivation theory; Physical disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944472370     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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