Disability in the Workplace - A Caribbean Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This work critically examines diversity, discrimination, and inclusion in the English-speaking Caribbean nations, with a specific emphasis on persons with disabilities. The chapters include an evaluative analysis on the extant theoretical and empirical literature on persons with disabilities in employment, exploring the nature of their disability, the role of information technology in gaining and retaining employment, and an analysis of the laws and relevant policies which prohibit the discrimination against persons with disabilities in the Caribbean region. Though the enactment of legislation outlawing the discrimination of persons with disabilities is not widespread in the Caribbean, a few select territories have taken positive steps towards recognition of the need to achieve inclusion of persons with disabilities and accept the diversity of the Caribbean populace. After exploring the general state of disability and discrimination in the Caribbean region, the authors analyze workplace accommodations provided to persons with disability, particularly as relations to IT and assistive devices, before focusing on workplace stigmas related to mental health disability and employment law. In addition to literature-based analyses, the book includes qualitative case studies, with the goal of providing benchmarks in organizational responses to employees with disabilities. Further, the authors highlight lessons to be learned from other countries in addressing inequality in the workplace for disabled persons. With its analysis of employment as well as socio-economic and legal issues, this interdisciplinary text will serve as a useful resource in not only understanding the organizational challenges faced by persons with disabilities in the region but also the necessary legislation needed to address discriminatory practices on a wider scale.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Jacqueline H. Stephenson • Natalie Persadie
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	265
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-119339-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business strategy Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business ethics Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Personnel & human resources management
LSN:	3-03-119339-3
Barcode:	9783031193392

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