Social judgment of people with a disability in the workplace. How to make a good impression on employers

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Louvet, Eva ^a   Rohmer, Odile ^a   Dubois, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Competence; Disability; Normativeness; Social judgment; Warmth; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249232102     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.68.3.153     Document Type: Article

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