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Hoque, Kim and Bacon, N. (2021) Working from home and disabled people’s employment outcomes. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 60 . pp. 32-56. doi:10.1111/bjir.12645 ISSN 0007-1080.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12645
Abstract
This paper assesses disabled employees’ likelihood of working from home relative to non-disabled employees, and the implications of doing so for their experiences of work. Analysing British nationally representative data, the findings suggest that disabled employees are less likely to work from home than non-disabled employees, given they are disproportionately excluded from the higher-paying and/or managerial roles in which working from home is more widely available. In addition, organizations in which working from home is more commonplace do not employ a higher proportion of disabled people. The results also confirm disabled employees report poorer experiences of work than non-disabled employees regarding job control, job-related mental health, job satisfaction and work–life balance. Although working from home is positively associated with these outcomes (except for work–life balance) for both disabled and non-disabled employees, there is very little evidence it is associated with smaller disability gaps in these outcomes. Therefore, our analysis questions the potential for working from home to reduce disability disadvantage within organizations, and highlights the need for more substantial action to address the barriers to employment that disabled people encounter.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | People with disabilities -- Employment, Work environment, Flexible work arrangements | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Industrial Relations | ||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0007-1080 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 4 October 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 60 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 32-56 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjir.12645 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjir.12645 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Description: | free access |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 September 2021 | ||||||
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