abstract: 'Participation in competitive employment and other meaningful work

  activities is considered a fundamental human right and crucial to the

  health and well-being of people with and without disabilities.

  Approximately less than 30\% of the persons with a disability aged 16 to

  64 were employed in 2017, which is a striking disparity given that 73.5

  \% of people in this age group without disabilities were employed.

  Several 2 x 2 Factorial Designs were used to determine how a job

  applicant''s disability status (disability disclosed, disability not

  disclosed) and gender (female, male) impacted how Human Resource

  Managers'' (N = 392) evaluated the job applicant in three areas,

  including (a) how likely are they to hire this job applicant, (b) how

  qualified do they view this job applicant, and (c) what would they

  recommend as a starting salary if the applicant was hired. Furthermore,

  there was an interest in investigating how knowledge of Title 1 of the

  Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) influenced the Human Resource

  Managers'' hiring-related decisions. Findings revealed that the starting

  salary was significantly lower for the applicant with a disability.

  Knowledge of the ADA did not control for any hiring-related decisions.

  Discussion and implications are provided.'
affiliation: 'Sprong, ME (Corresponding Author), Edward Hines Jr VA Hosp, 5000 S 5th
  Ave, Hines, IL 60141 USA.

  Sprong, Matthew E., US Dept Vet Affairs, Washington, DC USA.

  Iwanaga, Kanako, Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.

  Mikolajczyk, Emili, Northern Illinois Univ, De Kalb, IL 60115 USA.

  Cerrito, Brianna; Buono, Frank D., Yale Sch Med, New Haven, CT USA.'
author: Sprong, Matthew E. and Iwanaga, Kanako and Mikolajczyk, Emili and Cerrito,
  Brianna and Buono, Frank D.
author-email: matthew.sprong@va.gov
author_list:
- family: Sprong
  given: Matthew E.
- family: Iwanaga
  given: Kanako
- family: Mikolajczyk
  given: Emili
- family: Cerrito
  given: Brianna
- family: Buono
  given: Frank D.
da: '2023-09-28'
files: []
issn: 0022-4154
journal: JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION
keywords: 'People with Disabilities; Employment; Americans with Disability Act

  (ADA); Discrimination; Labor Force Participation'
keywords-plus: 'EMPLOYERS ATTITUDES; EMPLOYMENT; PEOPLE; WORKERS; DISCRIMINATION;

  INDIVIDUALS; MODEL'
language: English
month: OCT-DEC
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '53'
pages: 42-49
papis_id: 7e9ec3a5e85a12279052c3d0bb25abdb
ref: Sprong2019roledisability
times-cited: '3'
title: 'The Role of Disability in the Hiring Process: Does Knowledge of the Americans
  with Disabilities Act Matter?'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000504787200005
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '85'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation
year: '2019'