The Unheard, Unseen, and Often Forgotten An Examination of Disability in the Human Resource Development Literature

• Published in: Human Resource Development Review Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 379 - 403
• Main Authors: Procknow, Greg, Rocco, Tonette S.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-12-2016; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adult learning; Disability; Human resource management; Studies; Workers with disabilities; cognitive; disability; mental; HRD; physical; impairments; ableism/disablism
• ISSN: 1534-4843; 1552-6712
• DOI: 10.1177/1534484316671194

This structured literature review explores disability issues in human resource development (HRD) to ascertain what research exists and suggest future research. This review identifies the work related to disability issues published in the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) proceedings and the four journals. HRD scholarship, germane to our discussion of disability, has focused on organizational entry barriers, organizational post-entry barriers, career development (CD) and advancement, workplace training for disability inclusiveness, workplace training for disabled employees, and harassment, discrimination, and allegations of discharge-related discrimination.