Career Success of Disabled High-flyers

E-bok

Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

Career Success of Disabled High-Flyers challenges the assumption that disabled employees are a homogenous group and discusses important questions such as: What is disability? How do people with physical impairments define success? Does gender impact in the same way on disabled and non-disabled people's careers?Drawing on in-depth case studies of thirty-one disabled adults who have been successful in their careers, this book suggests that individual traits and patterns of behaviour are key factors in career success, and shows that it is often society rather than impairment that hinders professional progression. Providing role models and valuable insights for young career-minded disabled people, it will also help inform policy and practice in education and training about disability and equality in schools, employment, and society in general.This book is a must-read, not only for people with disabilities, but for teachers, policy-makers, employers and anyone with an interest in disabled people and career development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-04-15
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781846421280
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Dr Sonali Shah is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at Nottingham University. Her research interests are connected with disabled childhoods and young people, special education versus inclusion, career choices and transitional development.

Recensioner i media

`Disabled people can be seen pejoratively as a homogenous group that are typically 'weak' and 'needy' and thus unable to undertake the rigours of professional care work. Shah also notes that disabled people are often wrongly assumed to have a high level of absences from work and to be thought generally less capable. Such discriminatory attitudes must be set aside. Disabled people are first and foremost people and will have a contribution to make to the professions, not least because of the invaluable problem solving skills they acquire in having to overcome everyday problems that many of us take for granted. Shah's book will hopefully provide inspiration for disabled professional staff, students and service users and show that equality and success are achievable for disabled people.'

Innehållsförteckning

1. Career Success of Disabled High-Flyers: Introduction. 2. The Role of Disabled People in the Workplace. 3. Meanings of Success for High-flyers. 4. Childhood 5. Education. 6. Individual Personality and Motivation; Their Roles in Career Success 7. Career Choice and Experiences. 8.A Portrait of the Disabled High-Flyer. References. Appendices. Index.