The ill-treatment of employees with disabilities in British workplaces

There are few quantitative studies that show the workplace is experienced in a different way by employees with disabilities. This article fills this gap using data from the British Workplace Behaviour Survey, which found that employees with disabilities and long-term illnesses were more likely to su...

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Veröffentlicht in:Work, employment and society employment and society, 2013-04, Vol.27 (2), p.288-307
Hauptverfasser: Fevre, Ralph, Robinson, Amanda, Lewis, Duncan, Jones, Trevor
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:There are few quantitative studies that show the workplace is experienced in a different way by employees with disabilities. This article fills this gap using data from the British Workplace Behaviour Survey, which found that employees with disabilities and long-term illnesses were more likely to suffer ill-treatment in the workplace and experienced a broader range of ill-treatment. Different types of disability were associated with different types of ill-treatment. The survey also showed who employees with disabilities blamed for their ill-treatment and why they believed the ill-treatment had occurred. Drawing on the existing literature, four possible explanations for ill-treatment are considered: negative affect raises perceptions of ill-treatment; ill-treatment leads to health effects; ill-treatment results from stigma or discrimination; ill-treatment is a consequence of workplace social relations. Although some of these explanations are stronger than others, the discussion shows that more research is required in order to decide between them.
ISSN:0950-0170
1469-8722
DOI:10.1177/0950017012460311