TY - JOUR T1 - Conceptualizing disability accommodation device acceptance by workgroups through a sociomaterial lens JF - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Y1 - 2023 A1 - Kulkarni,Mukta A1 - Baldridge,David A1 - Swift,Michele KW - Management AB - Purpose. Persons with disabilities (PWD) are among the largest and most diverse minority groups and among the most disadvantaged in terms of employment. Entrepreneurial pursuit is often advocated as a path toward employment, inclusion, and equality, yet few studies have investigated earning variation among PWD.

Design/methodology/approach. The authors draw on social cognitive career theory (SCCT), and the disability employment and entrepreneurship literature to develop hypotheses about who among PWD are likely to earn more (less) from entrepreneurial pursuits. The authors then conduct analyses on the nationally representative sample of the Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) by including all PWD engaged in entrepreneurial pursuit, and matching each to an organizationally employed counterpart of the same gender and race and of similar age and disability severity (n ≈ 810).

Findings. Entrepreneurial pursuit has a stronger negative association with the earnings of PWD who experience earlier disability onset ages, those who report more unmet accommodation needs, and those who are female.

Originality/value. First, this study applies SCCT to help bridge the literature on organizational employment barriers for PWD and entrepreneurs with disabilities. Second, we call into question the logic of neoliberalism about entrepreneurship by showing that barriers to organizational employment impact entrepreneurial pursuit decisions and thereby earnings. Third, we extend the understanding of entrepreneurial earnings among PWD by examining understudied disability attributes and demographic attributes. Lastly, this study is among the first to use a matched sample to empirically test the impact of entrepreneurial pursuit on the earnings of PWD. CY - Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA VL - 42 CP - 2 U2 - a U4 - 232987871232 ID - 232987871232 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Earnings of Persons with Disabilities: Who Earns More (Less) from Entrepreneurial Pursuit? JF - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Y1 - 2022 A1 - Yang,Yang A1 - Kulkarni,Mukta A1 - Baldridge,David A1 - Konrad,Alison KW - Management AB - Earnings of Persons with Disabilities:
Who Earns More (Less) from Entrepreneurial Pursuit?
Abstract. Persons with disabilities (PWD) are among the largest and most diverse minority groups and among the most disadvantaged in terms of employment. Entrepreneurial pursuit is often advocated as a path toward employment, inclusion, and equality, yet few studies have investigated earning variation among PWD.
Methodology. We draw on social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and disability employment and entrepreneurship literatures to develop hypotheses about who among PWD are likely to earn more (less) from entrepreneurial pursuits. We then conduct analyses on the nationally representative sample of Canadian Survey on Disability including all PWD engaged in entrepreneurial pursuit and match each to an organizationally employed counterpart of the same gender and race, and of similar age and disability severity (n ≈ 810).
Findings. Entrepreneurial pursuit has a stronger negative association with earnings of PWD who experience earlier disability onset ages, who report more unmet accommodation needs, and who are female.
Originality. First, this study applies SCCT to help bridge literatures on organizational employment barriers for PWD and entrepreneurs with disabilities. Second, we call into question the logic of neoliberalism about entrepreneurship by showing that barriers to organizational employment impact entrepreneurial pursuit decisions and thereby earnings. Third, we extend understanding of entrepreneurial earnings among PWD by examining understudied disability and demographic attributes. Lastly, this study is among the first to use a matched sample to empirically test the impact of entrepreneurial pursuit on the earnings of PWD.
Keywords. disabilities, social cognitive career theory (SCCT), entrepreneurial pursuit, onset age, accommodation, disability origin CY - Bingley U2 - a U4 - 168766578688 ID - 168766578688 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How do people continue successful careers after hearing loss? JF - International Federation of Hard of Hearing People Y1 - 2021 A1 - Baldridge,David A1 - Kulkarni,Mukta KW - Management U2 - a U4 - 232988256256 ID - 232988256256 ER - TY - HEAR T1 - Broadening our Sight: New Directions in Disability Research Y1 - 2020 A1 - Baldridge,David A1 - Kulkarni,Mukta KW - Management JA - 2020 Academy of Management Annual Meeting CY - Vancouver BC U2 - c U4 - 202599471104 ID - 202599471104 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Chapter 12: Breaking Barriers by Patterning Employment Success Y1 - 2020 A1 - Kulkarni,Mukta A1 - Atkins,Scot A1 - Baldridge,David KW - Management AB - The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of nine colleges at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT, United States), is the first and largest technological college in the world for students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) with cutting edge programs aimed at increasing the employability of DHH persons, and at enhancing readiness of employers to utilize this talent. In 1968, with a pilot group of 70 deaf students at RIT, NTID’s ‘grand experiment’ was the first attempt within the United States to bring large numbers of deaf students into a hearing college environment, to help them earn college degrees, gain successful employment, and become productive community members (Lang and Connor, 2001). As of 2017, NTID boasts an alumni body of more than 8,000 and an active enrollment of 1,413 students across NTID’s and RIT’s Associate, Bachelors, and Graduate programs (integrated with RIT). NTID students have a higher persistence and graduation rate as compared with the national rates for all students, hearing and otherwise, at two-year and four-year colleges (NTID Annual Report, 2015). NTID boasts an employment rate of 94 per cent among its graduates and Associate degree graduates earn 95 per cent more than DHH graduates from other post-secondary institutions, while Bachelor's degree graduates earn 178 per cent more when compared similarly (NTID by the Numbers, 2017). Overall, NTID has become an international model for educating and preparing DHH students for technology-related careers. CY - London U2 - d U4 - 162666784768 ID - 162666784768 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Disability, Gender and Race: Does Educational Attainment Reduce Earning Disparity for All or Just Some? JF - Personnel Assessment and Decisions Y1 - 2019 A1 - Baldridge,David A1 - Kulkarni,Mukta A1 - Eugster,Beatrix A1 - Dirmyer,Richard KW - Management AB - While interest in research on persons with disabilities has grown steadily, these individuals continue to encounter workplace discrimination and remain marginalized and understudied. We draw on human capital and discrimination theories to propose and test hypotheses on the effects of educational attainment on earnings (in)equality for persons with disabilities and the moderating influence of gender and race using 885,950 records, including 40,438 persons with disabilities from the American Community Survey 2015. Consistent with human capit