Demand-side factors related to employment of people with disabilities: A survey of employers in the midwest region of the United States

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-419

  Chan, Fong ^a   Strauser, David ^b   Maher, Patrick ^c   Lee, Eun Jeong ^d   Jones, Robin ^e   Johnson, Ebonee T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SPR Inc   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward disability; Demand side employment; Occupational rehabilitation; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79951727512     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9252-6     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. National Organization on Disability report. Empowerment for Americans with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers to Careers and Full Employment. Washington DC: Author. 2003.
2. American Foundation for the Blind. Interpreting BLS employment data. 2010; Available at: http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=15&TopicID= 413&SubTopicID=177 (AccessedApril 3, 2010).
3. US Census Bureau. Americans With Disabilities: 2005, Series P70-117. 2008. Available at http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p70-117.pdfl. Accessed October 31, 2009.
4. Magg EM, Wittenburg DC. Real trends or measurement problems? Disability and employment trends from the survey of income and program participation. Washington, DC: Urban Institute; 2003.
5. Kaye SH. The disproportionate impact of the great recession on workers with disabilities, institute for health and aging. University of California San Francisco. Available at: www.disabilityfunders.org/webfm-send/111.
6. Amir Z, Strauser D, Chan F. Employers' and survivors' perspective. In: Feuerstein M, editor. Work and cancer survivors. New York: Springer; 2009. p. 73-89.
7. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Long-range plan for fiscal year 2005-2009. 2006.
8. Grizzard WR. Meeting demand-side expectations and needs. A presentation at the ADA 15th Anniversary Seminar, Washington, DC. July, 2005.
9. Chan F, Strauser D. Demand side employment factors affecting job placement and job retention among people with disabilities. Paper presented at the Cancer Survivorship and Work Seminar. London: Goldsmith College. 2007.
10. Gilbride DD, Stensrud R. Demand-side job development: a model for the 1990s. J Rehabil. 1992;58(4):34-9.
11. Strensrud R. Developing relationships with employers means considering the competitive business environment and the risk it produces. Rehabil Counsel Bull. 2007;50(4):226-37.
12. Erdfelder E, Faul F, Buchner A. GPOWER: a general power analysis program. Behav Res Meth Instrum Comput. 1996;28: 1-11. (Pubitemid 126416697)
13. Cohen J, Cohen P. Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences. Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates; 1983.
14. Dutta A, Gervey R, Chan F, Chou CC, Ditchman N. Vocational rehabilitation services and employment outcomes of people with disabilities: a United States study. J Occup Rehabil. 2008;18: 326-34.
15. Domzal C, Houtenville A, Sharma R. Survey of employer perspectives on the employment of people with disabilities: Technical Report. (Prepared under contract to the Office of Disability and Employment Policy, US Department of Labor). McLean, VA: CESSI. 2008.
16. Gilbride D, Stensrud R, Vandergoot D, Golden K. Identification of the characteristics of work environments and employers open to hiring and accommodating people with disabilities. Rehabil Counsel Bull. 2003;46:130-7. (Pubitemid 36446213)
17. Fraser RT, Johnson K, Hebert J, Copeland J, Brown P, Chan F. Understanding employers' hiring intention in relation to qualified workers with disabilities: preliminary findings. J Occup Rehabil (in press).
18. Habeck R, Hunt A, Rachel CH, Kregel J, Chan F. Employee retention and integrated disability management practices as demand side factors. J Occup Rehabil (in press).
19. Stevens CK, Kristof AL. Making the right impression: a field study of applicant impression management during job interviews. J Appl Psych. 1995;80:587-606.
20. Chan F, Pruett S, Kubota C, Ong LZ, Lee EJ. The effect of impression management tactics on job interviewing outcomes of people with spinal cord injuries. Manuscript submitted for publication. 2010.