Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Major/Program
Psychology
First Advisor's Name
Scott Fraser
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Juan Sanchez
Third Advisor's Name
Brian Cutler
Keywords
People with disabilities -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- United States, Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States, People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States
Date of Defense
7-26-1993
Abstract
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 requires that employers provide "reasonable accommodations" for qualified individuals who have a disability, provided that doing so does not result in "undue hardship". There are several guidelines that employers have been given to evaluate the reasonableness of job accommodations. Unfortunately, these guidelines have been criticized as being vague and ambiguous.
Specific factors considered when determining whether or not to grant an accommodation under the ADA have yet to be examined in psychological research. The current study evaluated the impact of cost of accommodations, position level of the employee, and attitudes of raters for their effects on judgements of the reasonableness of requests and on subjects' likelihood of honoring requests. Results showed that accommodations were rated as more reasonable and were recommended to be honored more often for higher level positions than for lower level positions. Measures of attitudes toward disabled persons, both in general and in the workplace, did not have many significant correlations with the dependent measures. Implications of the findings and ideas for future research are discussed.
Identifier
FI14062237
Recommended Citation
Dell, Jodi B., "Reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" (1993). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2767.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2767
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