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Informal Research Presentation by Ive DAVID KLINKSIEK

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    • 18 Nov
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My PhD project aims to explore how the new ways of working (NWOW) can impact the disadvantages that people with disabilities (PWD) face at work. The NWOW are a set of contemporary work practices characterized by flexibility and collaboration. They include the use of telework, activity-based offices, participative management, hot desking, among others. Although the NWOW are intended to bring benefits such as increased creativity, knowledge sharing, and employee engagement, several studies have identified downsides. For instance, scholars have associated the NWOW with blurring work-life boundaries, work intensification, uncontrolled interaction, dehumanization, among others (e.g. Allen et al., 2013; Kelliher & Anderson, 2010; Taskin et al., 2019; Wohlers & Hertel, 2017). Moreover, some studies have indicated the NWOW to be more disadvantageous for some than for others. For instance, some authors identified that the new office spaces can lead to spatial ‘ethnic zoning’ (Holck, 2016) as well as impact the gender dynamics of the workplace (e.g. Hirst & Schwabenland, 2018). However, a specific focus on how the NWOW can affect PWD remains missing. To fill this gap, this PhD project is composed of three studies. The first study reviews the disparate literatures on NWOW and disability and builds a conceptual model of how the NWOW can affect PWD’s work-related outcomes (e.g. performance, job satisfaction, psychological well-being). The second study uses a multiple-case research design to understand how disability is experienced in the NWOW from the perspectives of different stakeholders. These stakeholders include PWD, their colleagues and supervisors, HR workers responsible for diversity and inclusion and those responsible for the implementation of the NWOW. This second study uses data from semi-structured interviews as well as publicly available data from the websites of the target organizations. Finally, the third study will use an ethnographic approach to gather an in-depth understanding of the processes through which the NWOW affect the lived experiences of PWD.

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