Greek employers’ attitudes to employing people with disabilities: Effects of the type of disability

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-25

  Zissi, Anastasia ^a   Rontos, Costas ^a   Papageorgiou, Dimitris ^a   Pierrakou, Christina ^a   Chtouris, Sotiris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

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EID: 85013841433     PISSN: 15017419     EISSN: 17453011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15017410600973234     Document Type: Article

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