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The Value of Virtue: An Organizational Approach to the Challenges of Workplace Disabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Jason D. Whitt
Affiliation:
Baylor University
Brian D. Cawley*
Affiliation:
Calvin College
Julie E. Yonker
Affiliation:
Calvin College
Danielle C. Polage
Affiliation:
Central Washington University
*
E-mail: bcawley@calvin.edu, Address: Department of Business, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Abstract

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2014

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