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

• Published in: Industrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 381 - 410
• Main Authors: SCHUR, LISA, KRUSE, DOUGLAS, BLASI, JOSEPH, BLANCK, PETER
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2009; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Attitudes; Corporate culture; Disability; Employee attitude; Employees; Employment; Equality; Handicapped; Inequality; Job Security; Labour relations; Organizational Culture; Social inequality; Studies; Work place; Workers with disabilities; Workplace diversity

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 compani...