Perspectives on networking, cultural values, and skills among African American men with spinal cord injury: A reconsideration of social capital theory

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-33

  Jackson, M Njeri ^a   Meade, Michelle A ^b   Ellenbogen, Phyllis ^b   Barrett, Kirsten ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Employment; Health disparities; Social capital; Spinal cord injury; Work

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; CULTURAL VALUE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHICS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACISM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750217374     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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