Barriers to evidence based practice in accommodations for an aging workforce

Work

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-396

  Head, Lynzee ^a   Baker, Paul M A ^a   Bagwell, Brad ^a   Moon, Nathan W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Older workers; Workplace accommodations

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED WORKER; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISABILITY; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOB ACCOMMODATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845258042     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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