Employer attitudes on hiring employees with disabilities in the leisure and hospitality industry: Practical and theoretical implications

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-594

  Jasper, Cynthia R ^a   Waldhart, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Disabilities; Disabled people; Employers; Employment; Hiring practices; Hospitality services; Theory of planned behaviour; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878868746     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596111311322934     Document Type: Article

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