Deborah B Balser
Biographic Data
| ID | 231527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah B Balser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah B |
| FAMILY NAME | Balser |
| SIGNATURE | BALSER D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–St. Louis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Predictors of Workplace Accommodations for Employees With Mobility-Related Disabilities
Our understanding of reasonable accommodations in the workplace is incomplete. Frequently, research on disability either neglects issues of accommodation or examines the receipt of any accommodation, without specifying type. However, people with disabilities need specific accommodations, not any accommodation. This article uses comprehensive models to test the predictors of four types of accommodations received by employees with mobility-related …
Selecting Repertoires of Action in Environmental Movement Organizations
Environmental movement organizations (EMOs) that have similar goals frequently rely on different tactics and strategies to advance their agendas. This article uses an interpretive perspective to examine the factors influencing EMO selection of a repertoire of action. Building on concepts from organization and social movement theories, and relying on interview and archival data from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, this study suggests that exp…
Agency in Organizational Inequality
This study takes an agency approach to inequality, examining how employees interpret organizational practices. By interpreting organizational behavior as discriminatory, employees mobilize the law and inject agency into inequality processes, albeit cognitively. Employees with disabilities interpreted discrimination based on their individual characteristics, organizational context and procedures, and their opportunities for training. Employees who…
Resistance and Cooperation
Research literature on job performance from both management oriented and industrial relations/sociology of work models is synthesized to produce a more comprehensive understanding of how supervisors manage employee performance problems. Two assumptions are derived from the synthesis: (1) employees are active in accepting and resisting definitions of performance issues made by supervisor; (2) informal interactions regarding the interpretation of p…
The Impact of Environmental Factors on Factionalism and Schism in Social Movement Organizations
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in the Workplace
Preface The Scope and Cost of Chemical Dependency Chemical Dependency: The Person, the Definition, the History The Employer Response to Chemical Dependency: A Historical View The Government Response: Drug-Free Workplace Legislation EAP Practice and Process Managed Health Care Versus Managed Health Costs EAP Cost Benefits and Considerations Marketing the EAP: Employees Who Refer Themselves Marketing Treatment: The Business of Recovery The Standard…
The Impact of Environmental Factors on Factionalism and Schism in Social Movement Organizations
Agency in Organizational Inequality
This study takes an agency approach to inequality, examining how employees interpret organizational practices. By interpreting organizational behavior as discriminatory, employees mobilize the law and inject agency into inequality processes, albeit cognitively. Employees with disabilities interpreted discrimination based on their individual characteristics, organizational context and procedures, and their opportunities for training. Employees who…
Resistance and Cooperation
Research literature on job performance from both management oriented and industrial relations/sociology of work models is synthesized to produce a more comprehensive understanding of how supervisors manage employee performance problems. Two assumptions are derived from the synthesis: (1) employees are active in accepting and resisting definitions of performance issues made by supervisor; (2) informal interactions regarding the interpretation of p…
Predictors of Workplace Accommodations for Employees With Mobility-Related Disabilities
Our understanding of reasonable accommodations in the workplace is incomplete. Frequently, research on disability either neglects issues of accommodation or examines the receipt of any accommodation, without specifying type. However, people with disabilities need specific accommodations, not any accommodation. This article uses comprehensive models to test the predictors of four types of accommodations received by employees with mobility-related …
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in the Workplace
Preface The Scope and Cost of Chemical Dependency Chemical Dependency: The Person, the Definition, the History The Employer Response to Chemical Dependency: A Historical View The Government Response: Drug-Free Workplace Legislation EAP Practice and Process Managed Health Care Versus Managed Health Costs EAP Cost Benefits and Considerations Marketing the EAP: Employees Who Refer Themselves Marketing Treatment: The Business of Recovery The Standard…
The Impact of Environmental Factors on Factionalism and Schism in Social Movement Organizations
Resistance and Cooperation
Research literature on job performance from both management oriented and industrial relations/sociology of work models is synthesized to produce a more comprehensive understanding of how supervisors manage employee performance problems. Two assumptions are derived from the synthesis: (1) employees are active in accepting and resisting definitions of performance issues made by supervisor; (2) informal interactions regarding the interpretation of p…
Selecting Repertoires of Action in Environmental Movement Organizations
Environmental movement organizations (EMOs) that have similar goals frequently rely on different tactics and strategies to advance their agendas. This article uses an interpretive perspective to examine the factors influencing EMO selection of a repertoire of action. Building on concepts from organization and social movement theories, and relying on interview and archival data from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, this study suggests that exp…
Agency in Organizational Inequality
This study takes an agency approach to inequality, examining how employees interpret organizational practices. By interpreting organizational behavior as discriminatory, employees mobilize the law and inject agency into inequality processes, albeit cognitively. Employees with disabilities interpreted discrimination based on their individual characteristics, organizational context and procedures, and their opportunities for training. Employees who…
Predictors of Workplace Accommodations for Employees With Mobility-Related Disabilities
Our understanding of reasonable accommodations in the workplace is incomplete. Frequently, research on disability either neglects issues of accommodation or examines the receipt of any accommodation, without specifying type. However, people with disabilities need specific accommodations, not any accommodation. This article uses comprehensive models to test the predictors of four types of accommodations received by employees with mobility-related …
Political science (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Environmental movement (2 works)