Workforce Participation Barriers for People With Disability

International Journal of Disability Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Hogan, Anthony ^a   Kyaw Myint, Su Mon ^b   Harris, Debra ^b   Denronden, Harmony ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment; Employment restrictions; Workplace accommodation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876990640     PISSN: 18338550     EISSN: 18344887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/idm.2012.1     Document Type: Article

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