Sigmund P Harris
Biographic Data
| ID | 408687 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sigmund P Harris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sigmund P |
| FAMILY NAME | Harris |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIS S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0222-0651 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Covid-19 Pandemic, Disability Policy, and Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant effects on employment and workplaces. While the pandemic has been recognized as a universal experience, the disability community has been uniquely impacted by the pandemic in a variety of ways, including employment. Despite this unique positioning, little is known about how the pandemic influenced disability inclusion efforts in employment during this time. The purpose of this study was to explore how dis…
Will I Be Celebrated at the End of This Training?” Inclusive Research in Kenya
The development and practice of inclusive research with people with intellectual disabilities is complex, revealing challenges and lessons that inform innovative and novel methodological approaches. In Africa, inclusive research still lags for various reasons. First, due to societal misconceptions that portray people with intellectual disabilities as unable to self-advocate or as lacking agency and self-determination; second, due to a lack of tra…
Instrumental Support: Accounts from Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Building, sustaining and growing: Disability Inclusion in Business
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the unique and the complementary aspects of disability inclusion and diversity strategies and to offer insight for organizations to integrate disability within diversity frameworks. Design/methodology/approach The research team conducted semi-structured interviews with diversity and inclusion “champions” from large businesses to learn about policies, practices and processes for fostering disability …
Social entrepreneurship as an employment pathway for people with disabilities: Exploring political–economic and socio-cultural factors
The current economic climate demands more innovative approaches to increasing labor market participation for people with disabilities. Social entrepreneurship (SE) offers one alternative employment pathway. However, little is known about the broader factors influencing SE for people with disabilities. Using empirical data from focus groups comprised of social entrepreneurs with disabilities and interviews with key stakeholders working in the fiel…
'No Rights without Responsibilities': Disability Rights and Neoliberal Reform under New Labour
The New Labour government in the United Kingdom led a series of welfare reforms for people with disabilities from 1997 to 2010. These reforms were heavily influenced by neoliberalism, and emphasized that there were 'no rights without responsibilities, 'making labor market participation essential. Simultaneously, the recognition of disability rights was growing in the United Kingdom, culminating in the ratification of the United Nations Convention…
Parity of participation in liberal welfare states: Human rights, neoliberalism, disability and employment
Governments continue to face challenges in implementing effective strategies to increase social and economic participation of people with disabilities. In a recent OECD high-level policy forum on Sickness, Disability and Work, the main policy message was the need for a culture of inclusion; with a dual focus on short-term active policy interventions and long-term structural reform. This paper examines policies in liberal welfare states that encou…
Parity of participation in liberal welfare states: Human rights, neoliberalism, disability and employment
Governments continue to face challenges in implementing effective strategies to increase social and economic participation of people with disabilities. In a recent OECD high-level policy forum on Sickness, Disability and Work, the main policy message was the need for a culture of inclusion; with a dual focus on short-term active policy interventions and long-term structural reform. This paper examines policies in liberal welfare states that encou…
Social entrepreneurship as an employment pathway for people with disabilities: Exploring political–economic and socio-cultural factors
The current economic climate demands more innovative approaches to increasing labor market participation for people with disabilities. Social entrepreneurship (SE) offers one alternative employment pathway. However, little is known about the broader factors influencing SE for people with disabilities. Using empirical data from focus groups comprised of social entrepreneurs with disabilities and interviews with key stakeholders working in the fiel…
Building, sustaining and growing: Disability Inclusion in Business
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the unique and the complementary aspects of disability inclusion and diversity strategies and to offer insight for organizations to integrate disability within diversity frameworks. Design/methodology/approach The research team conducted semi-structured interviews with diversity and inclusion “champions” from large businesses to learn about policies, practices and processes for fostering disability …
Instrumental Support: Accounts from Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
'No Rights without Responsibilities': Disability Rights and Neoliberal Reform under New Labour
The New Labour government in the United Kingdom led a series of welfare reforms for people with disabilities from 1997 to 2010. These reforms were heavily influenced by neoliberalism, and emphasized that there were 'no rights without responsibilities, 'making labor market participation essential. Simultaneously, the recognition of disability rights was growing in the United Kingdom, culminating in the ratification of the United Nations Convention…
Parity of participation in liberal welfare states: Human rights, neoliberalism, disability and employment
Governments continue to face challenges in implementing effective strategies to increase social and economic participation of people with disabilities. In a recent OECD high-level policy forum on Sickness, Disability and Work, the main policy message was the need for a culture of inclusion; with a dual focus on short-term active policy interventions and long-term structural reform. This paper examines policies in liberal welfare states that encou…
Social entrepreneurship as an employment pathway for people with disabilities: Exploring political–economic and socio-cultural factors
The current economic climate demands more innovative approaches to increasing labor market participation for people with disabilities. Social entrepreneurship (SE) offers one alternative employment pathway. However, little is known about the broader factors influencing SE for people with disabilities. Using empirical data from focus groups comprised of social entrepreneurs with disabilities and interviews with key stakeholders working in the fiel…
Building, sustaining and growing: Disability Inclusion in Business
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the unique and the complementary aspects of disability inclusion and diversity strategies and to offer insight for organizations to integrate disability within diversity frameworks. Design/methodology/approach The research team conducted semi-structured interviews with diversity and inclusion “champions” from large businesses to learn about policies, practices and processes for fostering disability …
Will I Be Celebrated at the End of This Training?” Inclusive Research in Kenya
The development and practice of inclusive research with people with intellectual disabilities is complex, revealing challenges and lessons that inform innovative and novel methodological approaches. In Africa, inclusive research still lags for various reasons. First, due to societal misconceptions that portray people with intellectual disabilities as unable to self-advocate or as lacking agency and self-determination; second, due to a lack of tra…
Instrumental Support: Accounts from Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Covid-19 Pandemic, Disability Policy, and Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant effects on employment and workplaces. While the pandemic has been recognized as a universal experience, the disability community has been uniquely impacted by the pandemic in a variety of ways, including employment. Despite this unique positioning, little is known about how the pandemic influenced disability inclusion efforts in employment during this time. The purpose of this study was to explore how dis…
Sociology (5 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Disability Education and Employment (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (2 works) · Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (2 works)