Examining the exclusion of employees with Asperger syndrome from the workplace

Personnel Review

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 630-646

  Richards, James ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Employment; Exclusion; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863805133     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481211249148     Document Type: Article

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