Greek Employers’ Attitudes to Employing People with Disabilities: Effects of the Type of Disability

Anastasia Zissi; Costas Rontos; Dimitris Papageorgiou; Christina Pierrakou; Sotiris Chtouris

doi:10.1080/15017410600973234

Greek Employers’ Attitudes to Employing People with Disabilities: Effects of the Type of Disability

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 9 (2007): Issue 1

By: Anastasia Zissi, Costas Rontos, Dimitris Papageorgiou, Christina Pierrakou and Sotiris Chtouris

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