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The Socialization Process: Helping Organizations Integrate People with Disabilities into the Workplace

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Shaping Inclusive Workplaces Through Social Dialogue

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The main aim of this chapter is to analyze how people with different types of disabilities experience workplace integration and inclusion in standard everyday jobs. Specifically, this chapter tries to identify and guide interventions to address the obstacles that the abovementioned employees face during the organizational entry process. We show how a successful integration process requires social dialogue among stakeholders within organizations. Initiatives including disability awareness training for managers and coworkers, team development programs, and involving families and disability-specific associations in the labor process could be carried out to effectively integrate employees with disabilities into working life.

This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO/FEDER), grant reference n. PSI2015-64894-P.

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This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO/FEDER), grant reference n. PSI2015-64894-P.

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    Francisco J. Medina & Nuria Gamero

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    Donatella Di Marco

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  4. KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Martin C. Euwema

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Medina, F.J., Gamero, N. (2017). The Socialization Process: Helping Organizations Integrate People with Disabilities into the Workplace. In: Arenas, A., Di Marco, D., Munduate, L., Euwema, M. (eds) Shaping Inclusive Workplaces Through Social Dialogue. Industrial Relations & Conflict Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66393-7_9

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