Doctoral Dissertation Research: Disability Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

博士论文研究：工作场所的残疾多样性和包容性

• 批准号: 1735729
• 负责人: Anthony Bebbington
• 金额: $ 1.33万
• 依托单位: Clark University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735729&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Disability; Diversity

This doctoral dissertation project will analyze the origins and impacts of large employers' efforts to promote disability diversity and inclusion ("D&I") in the workplace, and how such efforts transform the workplace as a place. Disability D&I initiatives have grown in both the public and private sectors since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 and even more so since the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) in 2008. The federal government, which employs about 2.2 million people, has set the goal of having 12% of its workforce be people with disabilities. The government has also set a 7% goal for federal contractors, a sector that includes large employers in areas such as defense, security, finance and accounting, information technology, and consulting. This study will examine why and how public and private employers have sought to hire more employees with disabilities and how and in what ways the greater presence of people with disabilities transforms workplace culture. Enhanced understanding of disability inclusion at work will provide specific and actionable information for employers and policy-makers. It will forward both national prosperity and welfare because the disability employment gap represents a loss of wealth in terms of untapped talent. The researchers will provide policy-makers and organizational leaders with specific practices they can apply.The trends in disability D&I offer an opportunity for investigating how processes of inclusion and exclusion shape places, especially workplaces. Data gathered through interviews, observation in the form of job shadowing, and document research, will address three questions: (1) How does disability inclusion transform everyday socio-spatial relations, both in advance and because of D&I initiatives? (2) How does knowledge about disability D&I shape inclusion practices? (3) How do disability D&I narratives reconfigure ideas about disability "value?" Data collection will be focused in Washington, D.C., a significant center for the production and distribution of disability employment and equal employment policy and the hub for civilian employees of the US federal government and federal contractors, who are leading disability D&I efforts in mainstream workplaces. The analysis and findings will advance research in human geography, related disciplines, and the science of broadening participation, about the relationship between employment segregation, ideas about value, and how processes of exclusion and inclusion shape workplace character and use.

本博士论文项目将分析大型雇主努力促进残疾多样性和包容性（“D I”）在工作场所的起源和影响，以及这些努力如何改变工作场所作为一个地方。自1990年《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）通过以来，残疾人D I倡议在公共和私营部门都有所增长，自2008年《美国残疾人法案修正案》（ADAAA）通过以来更是如此。联邦政府雇用了大约220万人，已经制定了12%的劳动力是残疾人的目标。政府还为联邦承包商设定了7%的目标，这一部门包括国防、安全、金融和会计、信息技术和咨询等领域的大型雇主。这项研究将探讨公共和私营雇主为什么以及如何设法雇用更多的残疾雇员，以及更多残疾人的存在如何以及以何种方式改变工作场所文化。加强对工作中包容残疾人的理解将为雇主和政策制定者提供具体和可操作的信息。它将促进国家繁荣和福利，因为残疾人就业差距代表着未开发人才的财富损失。研究人员将为决策者和组织领导人提供他们可以应用的具体做法。残疾人的发展趋势为研究包容和排斥的过程如何塑造场所，特别是工作场所提供了机会。通过采访、工作跟踪形式的观察和文件研究收集的数据将解决三个问题：（1）残疾包容性如何改变日常社会空间关系，无论是提前还是由于残疾人参与倡议？(2)关于残疾人的知识如何塑造包容性做法？(3)残疾人自我介绍叙事如何重构关于残疾人价值的观念？“数据收集将集中在华盛顿，华盛顿特区，是残疾人就业和平等就业政策的重要生产和分发中心，也是美国联邦政府和联邦承包商的文职雇员的中心，他们在主流工作场所领导残疾人就业工作。分析和调查结果将推进人文地理学，相关学科和扩大参与的科学，关于就业隔离，价值观念之间的关系，以及排斥和包容的过程如何塑造工作场所的特征和使用。

项目成果

Intersections of disability justice, racial justice and environmental justice

• DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2018.1424497
• 发表时间: 2018-01-01
• 期刊: ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: Jampel, Catherine

Disability studies and development geography: Empirical connections, theoretical resonances, and future directions

残疾研究和发展地理学：经验联系、理论共鸣和未来方向

• DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12414
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Geography Compass
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Jampel, Catherine;Bebbington, Anthony
• 通讯作者: Bebbington, Anthony