Employment satisfaction of university graduates with learning disabilities

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 323-332

  Madaus, Joseph W ^a   Jiarong Zhao, ^a   Ruban, Lilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Employment satisfaction; Learning disabilities; Self efficacy; University graduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749087007     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932507312012     Document Type: Article

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