Social firms: Sustainable employment for people with mental illness

Work

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-62

  Williams, Anne ^a   Fossey, Ellie ^a,b   Harvey, Carol ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c North West Area Mental Health Service ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

job tenure; Social enterprise; workplace environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORK CAPACITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84868670079     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1447     Document Type: Article

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