People with disabilities: Employers' perspectives on recruitment practices, strategies, and challenges in leisure and hospitality

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-52

  Houtenville, Andrew ^a   Kalargyrou, Valentini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

employers attitudes; hotel management; people with disabilities; staffing; workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855645424     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965511424151     Document Type: Article

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