Disability in the Workplace

The Politics of Difference
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-11606-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context

This book introduces the difference model of disability. Framed within an affect-based understanding of the relationships between those living with impairments and others, this new model offers a reconsideration of the construct of disability itself. Disability is flexible, relational, and perceived through an acognitive lens.

At a practice level, the difference model offers a framework for creating more positive and successful relationships between people with disabilities (PWDs) and others within the workplace. This includes two new tools, the Co-Worker Acceptance of Disabled Employees (CADE) Scale and the Perceived Barriers to Employing Persons with Disabilities (PBED) Scale. Designed to measure workplace attitudes, and changes to these attitudes, each of these scales provides empirical evidence in support of strategic planning and, ultimately, an increased representation of PWDs. Finally, this book considers the effects of language and technology on workplace attitudes toward disability.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breen, Jonathon S

Forwell, Susan J

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction – Employment of People with Disabilities Chapter 2: Definitions and Research Gaps Chapter 3: Attitudes, Disability, and Employment Chapter 4: Models, Theory, and Assumptions Chapter 5: The Difference Model Chapter 6: Workplace Attitudes Toward PWDs Chapter 7: People with Disabilities Chapter 8: An Autoethnographic Journey Chapter 9: Final Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathon S. Breen is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (Faculty of Medicine) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His research interests focus on the theoretical and practical understandings of disability, particularly as these apply in the workplace. Dr Breen’s academic work follows an extensive career in both the public and the private sectors.

Susan J. Forwell is a Professor and Head of the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Research Associate with both the UBC MS clinic and the International Collaboration of Research and Discovery. Her occupation-focused research and teaching address employment among populations with disability, occupational implications of life transitions, and functional difficulties among those with progressive neurological conditions.