Social Judgment Toward Job Applicants With Disabilities: Perception of Personal Qualities and Competences

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-303

  Louvet, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

disability; nature of the job; recruitment; social judgment; stereotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; JOB FINDING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 34548826511     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.3.297     Document Type: Article

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