Abstract
Disabled people continue to face a variety of significant barriers to full participation and inclusion in work and employment. However, their experiences remain only sparsely discussed in relation to human resource management (HRM) practices and employment contexts. The current study contributes to this gap in understanding by drawing together relevant work connecting HRM practices, diversity management and disability studies to examine the experiences of a sample of 75 disabled academics in the UK. Through the social relational model of disability, HRM practices socially construct disability in the workplace. Interview and email data from disabled academics in the UK are drawn upon to illustrate how organisational practices and policies, while intended to ‘accommodate’ disabled people, inadvertently construct and shape disability for people with impairments or chronic health conditions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 722-740 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Work, Employment and Society |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 14 Apr 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2022 |
Keywords
- academic careers
- disability
- discrimination
- inclusion
- social relational model
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Accounting
- Sociology and Political Science
- Economics and Econometrics
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management