What types of jobs do people with disabilities want?

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-210

  Ali, Mohammad ^a   Schur, Lisa ^a   Blanck, Peter ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment barriers; Job preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WORK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WORK;

EID: 80051799227     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9266-0     Document Type: Article

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