Allies and detractors: Insights on disability inclusion in organizations

• DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2021.10616symposium
• Publication Date: 2021-07-26T20:21:38Z
• Authors: David Baldridge; Mukta Kulkarni; Susanne M Bruyère; Adrienne Colella; Miriam Karin Baum...; Stephan Boehm; Silvia Bonaccio; Christoph Breier; Catherine E. Conn...; Ian R. Gellatly; Michelle R. Hebl; Amit Jain; Eden B. King; John Lynch; Arjun Mitra; Christine Nittrouer; Frederike Scholz; Koen Van Laer; Haoying Xu
• Keywords: Disability studies

Over the past few decades, research on inclusion of employees with a disability has allowed for theoretical as well practical contributions. A key focus this been how best to include (e.g., through accommodations, legislation) those in workplace (Beatty, Baldridge, Boehm, Kulkarni, & Colella, 2019). While alluded importance allies and detractors influencing inclusion, topic not received much attention. Specifically, can support others affording tangible help, support, defense from threats, policy advocacy (Asta Vacha-Haase, 2013; DiStefano, Croteau, Anderson, Kampa-Kokesch, Bullard, 2000; Sabat et al., 2014). To address important albeit under-researched area, presenter symposium features five papers by well-known scholars. Together, these studies summarized below, extend boundaries highlighting who be an ally internal stakeholders such managers, external vocational rehabilitation employees), when, forms help extended allies. Informal accommodations disabilities: i-deal or no i-deal? Presenter: Catherine Connelly; McMaster U. Silvia Bonaccio; Telfer School Management, Ottawa Ian R. Gellatly; Alberta More than pillar: When co-workers supervisors become persons disabilities Amit Jain; S P Jain Institute Management Research Christoph Breier; St. Gallen Miriam Karin Baumgaertner; Stephan Alexander Boehm; Allies intermediaries: Strategies that promote hiring people intellectual Christine Nittrouer; Houston, Downtown Michelle Hebl; Rice Eden King; Enacting slipping: Workplace behaviors John Lynch; Illinois at Chicago Arjun Mitra; California State U., Los Angeles Haoying Xu; materiality detractor Koen Van Laer; Hasselt Frederike Scholz;