Employer benefits from making workplace accommodations

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Solovieva, Tatiana I ^a   Dowler, Denetta L ^a   Walls, Richard T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Benefits; Cost; Disability; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB ACCOMMODATION; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650510654     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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