Managers’ Conceptions and Their Effects on the Perception of Employees with Disabilities

Antônio Luiz Marques, Marina Romeo, Marjorye Matalinares and Montserrat Yepes-Baldó
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Antônio Luiz Marques: Economic Sciences Faculty, Centro Universitário Unihorizontes, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil
Marina Romeo: Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Marjorye Matalinares: Economic Sciences Faculty, Centro Universitário Unihorizontes, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil
Montserrat Yepes-Baldó: Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, Universitat de Barcelona, 08035 Barcelona, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-14

Abstract: The research aimed to identify managers’ conceptions of disability and the relationship that was established between these conceptions and their perception of the persons with disabilities (PWD) performance, bond, benefits of hiring, and training needs. 257 managers answered a questionnaire in order to identify conceptions of disability in organizations. Descriptive statistics, factorial analysis, and hierarchical analysis of grouping were performed while using IBM Statistic 20.0.0. The results show that managers who have the spiritual and the conception based on inclusion perceive the insertion of PWD as beneficial to the organization. Those who conceive disability as a question of normality perceive the PWD performance as inferior to those without disabilities, which implies that PWDs should be segregated; and, the managers who perceive disability as a social problem are likely to place PWDs in the workplace according to their potential. The results can be fruitfully used by managers, human resources’ professionals, academics, and the society to promote inclusion.

Keywords: diversity management; people with disabilities; labor inclusion; Disability Conceptions Inventory (DCI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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