Developing measures of job performance for support staff in housing services for people with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-64

  Hatton, Chris ^a   Wigham, Sarah ^a   Craig, Jaime ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct support staff; Housing; Intellectual disabilities; Job performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349131649     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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