The effect of organisational context variables on employer attitudes toward employability of Ex-offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 460-475

  Lukies, John ^a   Graffam, Joseph ^a   Shinkfield, Alison J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

employer attitudes; ex offenders; organisational context variables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; VICTORIA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953319808     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X09359933     Document Type: Article

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