Do Persons with Disabilities Act (2008) and organizational culture influence managerial intention to hire persons with disabilities?: The Malaysian perspective

Jurnal Pengurusan

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-89

  Ang, Magdalene C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hiring PWDs; Legislation; Malaysia; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916897469     PISSN: 01272713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17576/pengurusan-2014-41-07     Document Type: Article

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