How Disabled and Non-Disabled Health Care Workers Feel About Working from Home and Being Happy With Their Jobs

DOI- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22196588

Abstract

Even though people are becoming more aware of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, disabled workers are still not as satisfied with their jobs as their non-disabled peers. Not only are these differences caused by obvious problems like unequal pay and unfair hiring practices, but they are also caused by more subtle problems within the company, like a lack of support, an unwillingness to include everyone, and tense relationships between coworkers. This study looks into whether working from home, which has become more public in the job market since the pandemic, can help close these job happiness gaps. We use survey data from a wide range of medical professionals and multivariable regression models to look at how disability and working from home affect a number of job satisfaction indicators, such as plans to leave the job, commitment to the company, feeling supported, and the social atmosphere at work. Our research shows that disabled workers are much less satisfied with their jobs across almost all of the measures we looked at, and they also say they want to leave their jobs more often. While working from home is linked to small increases in job satisfaction, the benefits are much bigger for people who don't have disabilities. This means that while online work may be good for most people, it doesn't help people with disabilities get ahead. These results call into question the idea that general accommodations are good for everyone. They also show how important it is for organizations to have specific plans to deal with the systemic and interpersonal problems disabled workers face.

Keyword- Multivariable regression, disabilities. Non-disabled peers