Overlooked and underutilized: People with disabilities are an untapped human resource

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-273

  Lengnick Hall, Mark L ^a,b   Gaunt, Philip M ^c   Kulkarni, Mukta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^c Elliott School of Communication

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

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EID: 49049086071     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20211     Document Type: Article

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