Corporate Culture and Disability
How does a company’s “culture”-values, norms, policies, and practices—facilitate or hinder the employment of people with disabilities? It is important to study the effect of a company’s employment practices, attitudes towards disabilities, workplace demands, conflict resolution process, and the provision of accommodations, on the employment outcomes, job satisfaction, and subjective attitudes such as company loyalty of employees with disabilities. Similarly, it is essential to identify best practices implemented by companies in enhancing satisfying employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities to promote the replication of successful strategies.
Related Projects
BBI has undertaken a number of projects to study corporate practices and the employment of persons with disabilities. Exploration of these issues, through the development of scientifically rigorous and externally valid research standards, and company case studies derived from these standards, helps to address the gap in field research and strives to positively influence the employment of people with disabilities.
Related Publications
BBI researchers have been examining the employment of persons with disabilities and corporate culture for over 16 years, and have produced a body of scholarly articles investigating the different aspects of these issues, disseminated through a wide range of peer-reviewed publications, newspapers, and magazines.
- Corporate Culture and the Experiences of Employees with Disabilities (2007) - (forthcoming)
- Schur, L., Kruse, D. Blasi, J, & Blanck, P.
- Employment of Persons with Disabilities: Twenty-Five Years Back and Forward (2007)
- Blanck, P., Adya, M., Myhill, W., Samant, D., & Chen, P.
Minnesota Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 25, 323-353.
- Workplace Accommodations: Evidence-Based Outcomes (2006)
- Schartz, H., Hendricks, D.J., & Blanck, P.
Work 27, 345–354.
- Workplace Accommodations: Empirical Study of Current Employees (2006)
- Schartz, H., Schartz, K., Hendricks, D.J., & Blanck, P.
Mississippi Law Journal 75, 917-43.
- Cost and Effectiveness of Accommodations in the Workplace: Preliminary Results of a Nationwide Study (2005)
- Hendricks, D.J., Batiste, L., Hirsh, A., Dowler, D. Schartz, H., & Blanck, P.
Disability Studies Quarterly, Part 1, available at http://www.dsq-sds.org/_articles_html/2005/fall/
- Disability as Diversity in Fortune 100 Companies (2005)
- Ball, P., Monaco, G., Schmeling, J., Schartz, H., Blanck, P.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 23(1), 97-121.
- Emerging Technologies and Corporate Culture at Microsoft: A Methodological Note (2005)
- Klein, D., Schmeling, J., & Blanck, P.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 23(1), 65-96.
- Accessibility As A Corporate Article of Faith at Microsoft: Case Study of Corporate Culture and Human Resource Dimensions (2005)
- Sandler, L. & Blanck, P.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 23(1), 39-64.
- Corporate Culture and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (2005)
- Schur, L., Kruse, D., & Blanck, P.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law 23(1), 3-20.
- Special Issue: Corporate Culture and Disability (2005)
- Blanck, P. & Schartz, H.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 23(1), 1-2.
