@article{1453561,
      recid = {1453561},
      author = {Stephenson, Jacqueline H. and Persadie, Natalie Renée.},
      title = {Disability in the workplace: a Caribbean perspective /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2023},
      abstract = {This book critically examines equality, diversity,  discrimination and inclusion in the English-speaking  Caribbean, with specific emphasis on persons with  disabilities (PWD). The text includes an evaluation of  extant theoretical and empirical literature on PWD in  employment, exploring the nature of their disabilities, the  role of information technology and an analysis of the  applicable laws and policies which prohibit discrimination  against PWD in the Anglophone Caribbean. Though the  enactment of legislation outlawing discrimination of PWD is  not currently widespread in the Caribbean, some island  states (namely Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas,  Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Lucia), have taken  this positive step towards protecting this vulnerable  group, while recognising the need to achieve inclusion of  PWD within society, particularly in the areas of  employment, education and accessing consumer products and  services. For PWD and their allies, "nothing about us,  without us" is an oft-cited refrain, highlighting the  importance of being consulted when decisions, for example,  in relation to access and accommodations at work, are being  made. PWD are a heterogeneous group and, as such, the  application of prevailing stigmas and stereotypes will  invariably have an adverse effect on job seekers or  employees with disabilities. In addition to  literature-based analyses, the book also includes  qualitative case studies, with the goal of providing  benchmarks in organisational responses to employees with  disabilities. Furthermore, the authors highlight lessons to  be learned from other jurisdictions, in addressing  inequalities, discrimination and exclusion within the  organisational context for PWD. With its analysis of  employment as well as socio-economic and legal issues, this  interdisciplinary text will serve as a useful resource, in  facilitating an understanding of organisational challenges  faced by PWD, in contemporary Caribbean organisations and  charting a path to effectively addressing them. Jacqueline  H. Stephenson is Lecturer in the Department of Management  Studies at the University of West Indies, Trinidad and  Tobago. Natalie Persadie is Assistant Professor in the  Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship  Unit at the University of Trinidad and Tobago.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1453561},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19340-8},
}