Disability at Work: A Look Back and Forward

• Published in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 482 - 497
• Main Authors: Schur, Lisa, Han, Kyongji, Kim, Andrea, Ameri, Mason, Blanck, Peter, Kruse, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Clinical Psychology; Comparative analysis; Disabilities; Disability; Disabled persons; Employees; Employers; Employment; Employment security; Environmental Health; Flexibility; Flexible work hours; Health Psychology; Job satisfaction; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Motivation; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Organizational aspects; Orthopedics; People with disabilities; Rehabilitation; Security; Surveys; Wages; Workers with disabilities; Working conditions; Disability; Turnover intention; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Job characteristics

Purpose This article presents new evidence on employment barriers and workplace disparities facing employees with disabilities, linking the disparities to employee attitudes. Methods Analyses use the 2006 General Social Survey to connect disability to workplace disparities and attitudes in a structu...