Small business employers' views on hiring individuals with mental illness

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-173

  Hand, Carri ^a,b,c   Tryssenaar, Joyce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b School of Rehabilitation Science   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 31444450820     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/29.2006.166.173     Document Type: Article

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