Moving beyond misperceptions: The provision of workplace accommodations

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 189-204

  Hernandez, Brigida ^a   McDonald, Katherine ^b   Lepera, Nicole ^a   Shahna, Monna ^a   Wang, T Arthur ^a   Levy, Joel M ^a  

^a YAI Network   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodations; Americans with Disabilities Act; Disability; Employment; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 77949375463     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15367100903202755     Document Type: Article

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