General Article Why it makes good business sense to hire people with disabilities

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Why it makes good business sense to hire people with disabilities

Catherine E. Connelly, McMaster University and Sandra L. Fisher, Münster University of Applied Sciences

Managers sometimes assume that hiring employees who live with disabilities will be more expensive. They worry that these employees will perform at a lower level, be absent more often, need expensive accommodations and will then quit.

But should managers worry about these things?

We present a way for managers to evaluate bot...

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