Corporate culture and employment of people with disabilities: role of social workers and service provider organizations.
Corporate culture reflects an organization's value system and impacts the recruitment, retention, and promotion of employees. Individuals with disabilities are positively impacted by a corporate culture that espouses and establishes a diverse workforce as a priority. This article provides an overview of corporate culture and the employment of individuals with disabilities, and presents a case example of the corporate culture of a large not-for-profit disability service organization. With an in-depth understanding of corporate culture and disability issues, social workers can be particularly helpful to applicants and employees with disabilities as well as employers.
Samant
Deepti
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Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA. ddsamant@law.syr.edu
Soffer
Michal
M
Hernandez
Brigida
B
Adya
Meera
M
Akinpelu
Omolara
O
Levy
Joel M
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Repoli
Elizabeth
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Kramer
Michael
M
Blanck
Peter
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D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004651:Employment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012947:Social Work