Employment Accommodations for People with Disabilities: Does Gender Really Matter?

Authors

  • Helen P Hartnett West Virginia University
  • Leslie Tower
  • Crystal Harper
  • Jessica Lech
  • Candice Rubin
  • Ann Hirsh The Job Accommodation Network

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v34i3.3825

Keywords:

Accommodations, Disabilities, Gender, Employment, Social Work Practice

Abstract

AbstractThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employersto provide reasonable accommodations for any qualified individual with adisability. By examining the ongoing evaluation data from the Job AccommodationNetwork (JAN), this study seeks to investigate whether or not genderdifferences are present in the reasonable accommodation process. Open andclosed-ended data are collected using a 20-minute structured telephoneinterview of JAN customers (n= 1,247; 44% response rate). The results show veryfew differences between men’s and women’s accommodation request types, whetheror not accommodations were granted, the costs of requested accommodations, andsatisfaction with JAN. A significant difference, however, was found by genderon the effectiveness of the accommodation.  Key Words: Accommodations, Disabilities, Gender, Employment, Social Work Practice

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Published

2014-06-04

How to Cite

Hartnett, H. P., Tower, L., Harper, C., Lech, J., Rubin, C., & Hirsh, A. (2014). Employment Accommodations for People with Disabilities: Does Gender Really Matter?. Disability Studies Quarterly, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v34i3.3825

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2014): General Issue

Section

Social Sciences, Policy, and Applied Research

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Copyright (c) 2014 Helen P Hartnett, Leslie Tower, Crystal Harper, Jessica Lech, Candice Rubin, Ann Hirsh