Prof. Mukta Kulkarni’s co-edited book, ‘De Gruyter Handbook of Disability and Management’ published by De Gruyter, released on 20th March 2023
Prof. Joy E. Beatty of Eastern Michigan University and Prof. Sophie Hennekam of Audencia Business School are her co-editors
8 March, 2023, Bengaluru: The book, ‘De Gruyter Handbook of Disability and Management’, co-edited by Prof. Mukta Kulkarni of the Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management area at IIM Bangalore, and published by De Gruyter, was released on 20th March 2023. The book is primarily aimed at scholars and postgraduate students in management, disability studies, psychology, education and law, and all who are interested in the subject.
The book is part of the series ‘De Gruyter Handbooks in Business, Economics and Finance’. The other co-editors of the book are Prof. Joy E. Beatty, Eastern Michigan University, USA, and Prof. Sophie Hennekam, Audencia Business School, France.
Prof. Mukta Kulkarni’s research has been published across top-tier journals. She also serves on the editorial Boards of several reputed journals. Her research has been recognized by the Academy of Management via the Saroj Parasuraman award runner-up, the Organization and Management Theory division Best International Paper award and Best Paper award runner-up, and the All-Academy Carolyn Dexter Award. Within IIMB, she has been a member of several academic committees.
Most of Prof. Kulkarni’s work is focused on inclusion of persons with a disability. In this regard, she has served on the National Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry. She has also authored reports for The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment - Government of India, and for the Office of the State Commissioner of Karnataka. She serves as an Honorary Advisor for Enable India, one of India’s largest disability livelihoods agencies.
About the book
Globally, the prevalence of disability is growing, as is disability awareness. The disability rights movement argues that the right to employment is essential for full participation and human dignity. While there have been improvements related to broad diversity programs and policies, those for persons with disabilities, especially less visible or invisible disabilities, have received less attention.
Contextual factors such as the legal environment and protection, cultural and social values, religious norms, and broader economic conditions shape the employment prospects for persons with disabilities. The De Gruyter Handbook of Disability and Management uses an interdisciplinary lens to study disability and management, integrating perspectives from disability studies, psychology, education, and legal domains. It aims to incorporate a contextually sensitive and global perspective to emphasize actionable areas of inclusion and provides a more international focus by including contributions from across the world, including countries and regions that have till date received less attention in the area of disability studies, including both developed and emerging countries.
Managers, human resource professionals, and policy makers need to be more proactive to support persons with disabilities, and more insights, best practices, and tools are needed to facilitate this support. The book is aimed to guide and support efforts of organizational stakeholders and policy makers as they strive to be more inclusive.