Assessing Stakeholder Perceptions of Workplace Accommodations Barriers: Results From a Policy Research Instrument

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-109

  Moon, Nathan W ^a   Baker, Paul M A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodations; ADA; aging; employment; policy; vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864679320     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: 15384802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1044207311425383     Document Type: Article

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