Dc. Baldridge et Jf. Veiga, Toward a greater understanding of the willingness to request an accommodation: Can requesters' beliefs disable the Americans with Disabilities Act?, ACAD MGMT R, 26(1), 2001, pp. 85-99
Although the Americans with Disabilities Act requires most employers to pro
vide reasonable accommodation, there is reason to believe that people with
disabilities are often unwilling to make such requests. We therefore focus
on factors influencing the requester's likelihood of seeking an accommodati
on. By drawing upon the theories of planned behavior, help-seeking, and dis
tributive justice, we propose a framework identifying several salient belie
fs that may influence request likelihood and then explore the role of selec
t situational characteristics in shaping these beliefs as a way to more ful
ly understand the requester's assessment process.