A judicial outcome analysis of the Disability Discrimination Act: A windfall for employers?

Disability and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-204

  Konur, Ozcan ^a,b  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Datca Kazim Yilmaz Vocational School of Further Education   (Turkey)

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EID: 34247096504     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590601141667     Document Type: Review

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