Predictors of workplace accommodations for employees with mobility-related disabilities
By: Balser, Deborah B.
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ArticlePublisher: 2007Description: p.656-83.Subject(s): Disabilities
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Administration and SocietySummary: Our understanding of reasonable accommodations in the workplace is incomplete. Frequently, research on disability either neglects issues of accommodation or examines the receipt of any accommodation, without specifying type. However, people with disabilities need specific accommodations, not any accommodation. This article uses comprehensive models to test the predictors of four types of accommodations received by employees with mobility-related disabilities. Overall, the results show that different factors predicted receipt of different types of accommodations. furthermore, factors that facilitate or constrain an employer's capacity to make particular accommodations were more powerful predictors than an individuals need for accommodation or socioeconomic status. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 39, Issue no: 5 | Available | AR76294 |
Our understanding of reasonable accommodations in the workplace is incomplete. Frequently, research on disability either neglects issues of accommodation or examines the receipt of any accommodation, without specifying type. However, people with disabilities need specific accommodations, not any accommodation. This article uses comprehensive models to test the predictors of four types of accommodations received by employees with mobility-related disabilities. Overall, the results show that different factors predicted receipt of different types of accommodations. furthermore, factors that facilitate or constrain an employer's capacity to make particular accommodations were more powerful predictors than an individuals need for accommodation or socioeconomic status. - Reproduced.
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