Study: Workers with disabilities are as productive as colleagues
February 4th, 2008From the Chicago Tribune:
A DePaul University study found workers with disabilities performed as well as other workers while requiring about the same amount of supervision and minimal accommodations.
The three-year study, scheduled for release Monday, was commissioned by the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce’s Disabilityworks initiative with state and city money.
… “Many managers are still concerned about the productivity of workers with disabilities and the costs associated with accommodations,” said DePaul’s Brigida Hernandez, assistant professor of psychology and a principal researcher. “However, results of this study show that our participants with disabilities were on par with those who were not disabled across a number of work-related variables.”
In terms of job performance, employees with disabilities averaged 2.3 on a 3-point scale on their annual performance reviews, in which a 2 means “meets expectations.” Employees without disabilities averaged 2.31, the study said.
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