Discriminatory practices in hiring: Institutional and rational economic perspectives

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2113-2132

  Harcourt, Mark ^a   Lam, Helen ^b   Harcourt, Sondra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disability; Discrimination; Hiring

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144434178     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500315125     Document Type: Article

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