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Title Hidden talent : how leading companies hire, retain, and benefit from people with disabilities / edited by Mark L. Lengnick-Hall
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007

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 MELB  658.30087 Len/Hth  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 158 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Sect. 1. The problem and the opportunity : people with disabilities need jobs and employers need workers -- Ch. 1. Where will businesses find the workers they need in the future? / Jodi Messer Pelkowski -- Ch. 2. Why employers don't hire people with disabilities / Mark L. Lengnick-Hall and Philip Gaunt -- Sect. 2. Solutions : what some leading companies are doing to hire and retain people with disabilities -- Ch. 3. Hewlett-Packard / Philip Gaunt -- Ch. 4. Dow Chemical Company / Robert R. Hull -- Ch. 5. SunTrust Banks / Nancy Bereman and Stephanie J. Hargrave -- Ch. 6. A&F Wood Products / Philip Gaunt -- Ch. 7. Giant Eagle Inc / Nancy Bereman and Stephanie J. Hargrave -- Ch. 8. Microsoft / Mark L. Lengnick-Hall -- Ch. 9. Marriott International / Robert R. Hull -- Sect. 3. Lessons learned about hiring and retaining people with disabilities -- Ch. 10. The business case for hiring people with disabilities / Mark L. Lengnick-Hall -- Ch. 11. Creating a disability-friendly organizational culture and climate / Mark L. Lengnick-Hall -- Ch. 12. Conclusion / Mark L. Lengnick-Hall -- App. 1. Tax incentives for hiring people with disabilities / Robert R. Hull -- App. 2. Resources for hiring people with disabilities / Robert R. Hull -- App. 3. The Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation / Robert R. Hull -- App. 4. The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) / Mark L. Lengnick-Hall
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-152) and index
Subject United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
People with disabilities -- Employment -- United States.
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States.
Author Lengnick-Hall, Mark L.
LC no. 2007000061
ISBN 9780275992897 alkaline paper
0275992896 alkaline paper