Is Disability Disabling In All Workplaces? Workplace Disparities and Corporate Culture

Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi, & Peter Blanck
2009

Using nearly 30,000 employee surveys from fourteen companies, we find disability is linked to lower average pay, job security, training, and participation in decisions, and to more negative attitudes toward the job and company. Disability gaps in attitudes vary substantially, however, across companies and worksites, with no attitude gaps in worksites rated highly by all employees for fairness and responsiveness. The results indicate that corporate cultures that are responsive to the needs of all employees are especially beneficial for employees with disabilities.


https://experts.syr.edu/en/publications/is-disability-disabling-in-all-workplaces-workplace-disparities-a

Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi, Peter Blanck. (July 2009). Is Disability Disabling In All Workplaces? Workplace Disparities and Corporate Culture. Industrial Relations, 48(3), 381-410.


Keywords: Corporate Culture, accommodations, employer practices, social model, workplace culture

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