A national survey of consumer attitudes towards companies that hire people with disabilities

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Siperstein, Gary N ^a   Romano, Neil ^b   Mohler, Amanda ^a   Parker, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b America's Strength Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Business and disability; Consumer attitudes; Employment of people with disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; HUMAN; LITERATURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 30744443011     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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