Addressing the underemployment of persons with disabilities: Recommendations for expanding organizational social responsibility

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-318

  Markel, Karen S ^a   Barclay, Lizabeth A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Disability; Human resource management; Underemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349991877     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-009-9125-3     Document Type: Article

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