Employment and work / / Susanne M. Bruyere, Linda Barrington
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| Autore: |
Bruyere Susanne M
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| Titolo: |
Employment and work / / Susanne M. Bruyere, Linda Barrington
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| Pubblicazione: | Los Angeles, California : , : SAGE, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.40484 |
| Soggetto topico: | People with disabilities - Employment |
| Work environment | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BruyereSusanne M. |
| BarringtonLinda | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Disability Key Issues and Future Directions Employment and Work-Front cover""; ""Disability Key Issues and Future DIrectIons Employment and Work""; ""Contents""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Disability Concepts, Models, and Theories""; ""Types of Disability""; ""Disability Language""; ""Organization of the Series""; ""The Audience""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""About the Series Editor""; ""1. Introduction, Background, and History""; ""Introduction: Why Work?""; ""Importance of Employment and Work"" |
| ""Does Work Limitation Define a Person With a Disability?""""Background: Finding Work in the American Job Market""; ""The Art of Matching Supply and Demand""; ""Workplace Experience""; ""Disparities in Employment Outcomes""; ""History: An Evolution of the Modern Landscape""; ""“Official� Perception Through the Lens of the U.S. Census""; ""Evolution of Service Delivery and Employment Models""; ""Struggles Along Many Dimensions of Diversity""; ""Globalization""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""2. Current Issues, Controversies, and Solutions"" | |
| ""Problems: Continuing Economic Disparities and Employment Discrimination Despite Changes""""Charges of Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate at Work""; ""Pay Gaps for People With Disabilities""; ""Health Care Reform in the United States""; ""Age, Disability, and Employment""; ""One or Many: Considering Differences by Disability Type""; ""Individual Factors and Compounding Challenges""; ""Disability Management and Return to Work""; ""Differences in Employer Characteristics""; ""Controversies: Tough Issues to Discuss and Tougher to Address"" | |
| ""Public Policy Goals and Incentives in Competition and Conflict""""“Ignoring� Those Not Living Independently""; ""Why Do Particulars of Data Collection Matter?""; ""Efforts to Integrate Disability Into Workforce Development Efforts""; ""Set-Asides and Sheltered Workplaces""; ""Wellness, Obesity Trends, and Workplace Implications""; ""Quotas Versus Equal Opportunities and Level Playing Fields""; ""Employers� Efforts at Changing Culture""; ""Solutions: Looking to Policymakers, Employers, and People With Disabilities Themselves""; ""Policies and Government Action"" | |
| ""Further Reading"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume examines topics central to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. With a balance of history, theory, research, and application, specialists set out the findings and implications of research and practice for others whose current or future work involves the care and study of those with disabilities. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Employment and work |
| ISBN: | 1-322-30576-5 |
| 1-78268-273-2 | |
| 1-4129-9444-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910480309203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
SAGE reference series on disability.