<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Drawing on the theoretical framework of the Economics of Convention this paper analyses the employment of people with disabilities as a valuation process. Based on case studies and interviews in business companies and disability insurance offices, it explores how employers and disability insurance determine the value of disabled workers. Inasmuch as employers are not willing to adapt performance standards, job design and work organisation, disability insurance attains individual exceptions for its clients at best, while disabling standards remain intact.</p></abstract>

Drawing on the theoretical framework of the Economics of Convention this paper analyses the employment of people with disabilities as a valuation process. Based on case studies and interviews in business companies and disability insurance offices, it explores how employers and disability insurance determine the value of disabled workers. Inasmuch as employers are not willing to adapt performance standards, job design and work organisation, disability insurance attains individual exceptions for its clients at best, while disabling standards remain intact.

Costs, Risks and Responsibility. Negotiating the Value of Disabled Workers Between Disability Insurance and Employers

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Drawing on the theoretical framework of the Economics of Convention this paper analyses the employment of people with disabilities as a valuation process....

Costs, Risks and Responsibility. Negotiating the Value of Disabled Workers Between Disability Insurance and Employers

Published Online: Nov 07, 2018

Page range: 405 - 422

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0018

Keywords
work integration, disability insurance, sociology of conventions, valuation

© 2018 Eva Nadai, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Costs, Risks and Responsibility. Negotiating the Value of Disabled Workers Between Disability Insurance and Employers

Published Online: Nov 07, 2018

Page range: 405 - 422

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0018

Keywordswork integration, disability insurance, sociology of conventions, valuation

© 2018 Eva Nadai, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
work integration, disability insurance, sociology of conventions, valuation