abstract: 'Purpose This article presents new evidence on employment barriers and workplace disparities facing employees with disabilities, linking the disparities to employee attitudes. Methods Analyses use the 2006 General Social Survey to connect disability to workplace disparities and attitudes in a structural equation model. Results Compared to employees without disabilities, those with disabilities report: lower pay levels, job security, and flexibility; more negative treatment by management; and, lower job satisfaction but similar organizational commitment and turnover intention. The lower satisfaction is mediated by lower job security, less job flexibility, and more negative views of management and co-worker relations. Conclusion Prior research and the present findings show that people with disabilities experience employment disparities that limit their income, security, and overall quality of work life. Technology plays an increasingly important role in decreasing employment disparities. However, there also should be increased targeted efforts by government, employers, insurers, occupational rehabilitation providers, and disability groups to address workplace barriers faced by employees with disabilities, and by those with disabilities seeking to return to work.' affiliation: 'Kim, A (Corresponding Author), Sungkyunkwan Univ, Sch Business, 33515 Business Bldg,25-2 Sungkyunkwan Ro, Seoul 03063, South Korea. Schur, Lisa; Ameri, Mason; Kruse, Douglas, Rutgers State Univ, New Brunswick, NJ USA. Han, Kyongji, Baylor Univ, Waco, TX 76798 USA. Kim, Andrea, Sungkyunkwan Univ, Sch Business, 33515 Business Bldg,25-2 Sungkyunkwan Ro, Seoul 03063, South Korea. Blanck, Peter, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY USA.' author: Schur, Lisa and Han, Kyongji and Kim, Andrea and Ameri, Mason and Blanck, Peter and Kruse, Douglas author-email: 'lschur@smlr.rutgers.edu kyongji\_han@baylor.edu akim@skku.edu mason.ameri@rutgers.edu pblanck@syr.edu dkruse@smlr.rutgers.edu' author_list: - family: Schur given: Lisa - family: Han given: Kyongji - family: Kim given: Andrea - family: Ameri given: Mason - family: Blanck given: Peter - family: Kruse given: Douglas da: '2023-09-28' doi: 10.1007/s10926-017-9739-5 eissn: 1573-3688 files: [] issn: 1053-0487 journal: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION keywords: 'Disability; Job characteristics; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Turnover intention' keywords-plus: 'INSURANCE RECEIPT; LABOR-MARKET; EMPLOYMENT; AMERICANS; PEOPLE; DISCRIMINATION; STEREOTYPES; EMPLOYEES; IMPACT; WAGE' language: English month: DEC number: '4' number-of-cited-references: '84' orcid-numbers: 'Schur, Lisa/0000-0002-3752-0777 Kruse, Douglas/0000-0002-7121-7616 Ameri, Mason/0000-0003-4181-0811' pages: 482-497 papis_id: 86e1d0153160a731beebf6b905e3b577 ref: Schur2017disabilitywork researcherid-numbers: 'Schur, Lisa/AAH-1855-2020 Kruse, Douglas/S-6103-2019 ' times-cited: '45' title: 'Disability at Work: A Look Back and Forward' type: article unique-id: WOS:000416808600002 usage-count-last-180-days: '1' usage-count-since-2013: '43' volume: '27' web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation; Social Issues year: '2017'