Disability and Employer Practices : : Research across the Disciplines / / ed. by Susanne M. Bruyère.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Barrington, Linda,; Bruyère, Susanne M.,; Enayati, Hassan,; Erickson, William A,; Erickson, William A.,; Hallock, Kevin F.,; Karpur, Arun,; Nishii, Lisa H.,; Schrader, Sarah von,; Switzer, Ellice,; VanLooy, Sara,
• HerausgeberIn: Bruyère, Susanne M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 7 line figures, 5 tables, 4 charts

This book is about the employment of people with disabilities in the United States and the important role of employer practices. Nearly one in five people report some form of disability, and they are only half as likely to be employed as those without disabilities. With the aging workforce and retur...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• 1. Disability and Employment: Framing the Problem, and Our Transdisciplinary Approach
• 2. Engaging Employers as Stakeholders
• 3. Exploring National Survey Data
• 4. Using Administrative Data
• 5. Surveying Employers and Individuals with Disabilities
• 6. Conducting Case Studies
• 7. Translating Knowledge to Practice, and the Way Forward
• Notes
• References
• Contributors
• Index