Small Empires: How Equipped are Small Business Owners to Hire People with Disabilities?

• Published in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 350 - 358
• Main Authors: Ameri, Mason, Kurtzberg, Terri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US; Best practice; Clinical Psychology; Disabilities; Disability; Disabled Persons; Environmental Health; Female; Health Psychology; Humans; Interviews; Interviews as Topic; Knowledge bases (artificial intelligence); Learning curves; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Orthopedics; Personnel Selection - methods; Rehabilitation; Small Business; Surveys; United States; United States; Disabilities; Small businesses; Hiring practices; Disability law

Purpose This study explores small businesses’ knowledge base and practices concerning interviewing and hiring job candidates with disabilities, as they are not required to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Methods We first conducted 18 in-depth interviews with...