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The treatment of disabled individuals in small, medium-sized, and large firms

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Bacon, Nick and Hoque, Kim (2022) The treatment of disabled individuals in small, medium-sized, and large firms. Human Resource Management, 61 (2). pp. 137-156. doi:10.1002/hrm.22084

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Integrating literature on small firm informality and organizational growth and development into Stone and Colella's model of the workplace treatment of disabled individuals, we assess prior claims that disability employment outcomes are better in large firms than in small and medium-sized firms. Drawing on the principle of equifinality, we propose disability employment outcomes (workforce disability prevalence and disability gaps in contentment and job satisfaction) will not vary by firm size, given both the formalized approach of large firms (disability equality practices, HR specialists, and union recognition), and the more informal approach of small firms (greater job autonomy, a stronger fairness culture, better work-life balance, and single-site operations with closer personal relationships) may have benefits for disabled people. Analyzing nationally representative matched employer–employee data, we show that, as anticipated, formalized approaches are more prevalent in large firms (and to an extent medium-sized firms) and informal approaches are more prevalent in small firms, and disability employment outcomes do not vary by firm size. However, this appears to reflect the ineffectiveness (rather than effectiveness) of characteristics and practices associated with both large firm formality and small firm informality, with both being weakly associated with better disability employment outcomes.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Small business , Small business -- Employees, People with disabilities -- Employment
Journal or Publication Title: Human Resource Management
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN: 0090-4848
Official Date: March 2022
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DateEvent
March 2022Published
1 September 2021Available
26 July 2021Accepted
Volume: 61
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 137-156
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.22084
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bacon, N., & Hoque, K. (2021). The treatment of disabled individuals in small, medium-sized, and large firms. Human Resource Management, 1– 20. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22084, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22084 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."
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