Social integration in employment settings: Application of intergroup contact theory

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-51

  Novak, Jeanne A ^a   Rogan, Patricia M ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954511336     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-48.1.31     Document Type: Article

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