Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-jn8rn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-24T19:00:36.387Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Adverse impact as disability discrimination: Illustrating the perils through self-control at work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2019

Mahima Saxena*
Affiliation:
Illinois Institute of Technology
Scott B. Morris
Affiliation:
Illinois Institute of Technology
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Commentaries
Copyright
© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2019 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Barkley, R. A. (1997). ADHD and the nature of self-control. New York, NY: Guilford Press.Google Scholar
Baysinger, M. A., Scherer, K. T., & LeBreton, J. M. (2014). “Exploring the disruptive effects of psychopathy and aggression on group processes and group effectiveness”: Correction to Baysinger et al (2013). Journal of Applied Psychology, 99(1), 65. doi: 10.1037/a0034768 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Beal, D. J., Weiss, H. M., Barros, E., & MacDermid, S. M. (2005). An episodic process model of affective influences on performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(6), 10541068.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Brief, A. P., & Weiss, H. M. (2002). Organizational behavior: Affect in the workplace. Annual Review of Psychology, 53(1), 279307.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Civil Rights Act of 1964 § 7, 42 U.S.C. §2000e et seq (1964). Retrieved from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/titlevii.cfm Google Scholar
Cucina, J. M., Vasilopoulos, N. L., & Sehgal, K. G. (2005). Personality-based job analysis and the self-serving bias. Journal of Business and Psychology, 20(2), 275290. doi: 10.1007/s10869-005-8264-2 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
de Boer, B. J., van Hooft, E. A. J., & Bakker, A. B. (2015). Self-control at work: Its relationship with contextual performance. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(4), 406421. doi: 10.1108/jmp-08-2012-0237 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
DeLisi., M (2017) Self-control pathology: The elephant in the living room. In Britt, C. L. & Gottfredson, M. R. (Eds.), Control theories of crime and delinquency (pp. 2138). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Diestel, S., & Schmidt, K. H. (2009). Mediator and moderator effects of demands on self-control in the relationship between workload and indicators of job strain. Work & Stress, 23(1), 6079. doi: 10.1080/02678370902846686 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (2000). Enforcement guidance: Disability-related inquiries and medical examinations of employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Notice No. 915.002.Google Scholar
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (2018a). CVS Caremark Corporation and EEOC reach agreement to resolve discrimination charge. Press release. Retrieved from https://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/6-6-18b.cfm Google Scholar
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (2018b). Best Buy and EEOC Reach Agreement to Resolve Discrimination Charge. Press release. Retrieved from https://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/6-6-18a.cfm Google Scholar
Gutman, A., Koppes, L., & Vodanovich, S. (2010). EEO law and personal practices (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.Google Scholar
Hirschi, T. (2004). Self-control and crime. In Baumeister, R. F. & Vohs, K. D. (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. (pp. 537552). New York, NY: Guilford Press.Google Scholar
Kuang, D., & Ramos, M. (2017). Workforce composition and utilization analyses. In Morris, S. B. & Dunleavy, E. M. (Eds.), Adverse impact analysis: Understanding data, statistics and risk (pp. 126146). New York, NY: Routledge.Google Scholar
Longshore, D., Chang, E., & Messina, N. (2005). Self-control and social bonds: A combined control perspective on juvenile offending. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21(4), 419437. doi: 10.1007/s10940-005-7359-2 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Matta, F. K., Scott, B. A., Colquitt, J. A., Koopman, J., & Passantino, L. G. (2016). Is consistently unfair better than sporadically fair? An investigation of justice variability and stress. Academy of Management Journal, 60(2), 743770. doi: 10.5465/amj.2014.0455 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Meier, L. L., & Gross, S. (2015). Episodes of incivility between subordinates and supervisors: Examining the role of self-control and time with an interaction-record diary study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36(8), 10961113. doi: 10.1002/job.2013 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Melson-Silimon, A., Harris, A. M., Shoenfelt, E., Miller, J. D., & Carter, N. T. (2019). Personality testing and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Cause for concern as normal and abnormal models are integrated. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 12(2), 119132.Google Scholar
Morris, S. B. (2017). Statistical significance testing in adverse impact analysis. In Morris, S. B. & Dunleavy, E. M. (Eds.), Adverse impact analysis: Understanding data, statistics and risk (pp. 7191). New York, NY: Routledge.Google Scholar
Muraven, M. R., & Baumeister, R. F. (2000). Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources: Does self-control resemble a muscle? Psychological Bulletin, 126(2), 247259.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nigg, J. T. (2001). Is ADHD as disinhibitory disorder? Psychological Bulletin, 127(5), 571.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nigg, J. T. (2017). Annual Research Review: On the relations among self-regulation, self-control, executive functioning, effortful control, cognitive control, impulsivity, risk-taking, and inhibition for developmental psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(4), 361383. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12675 CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Prewitt v. United States Postal Service , 662 F.2d 292 (5th Cir. 1981). Retrieved from https://openjurist.org/662/f2d/292/prewitt-v-united-states-postal-service Google Scholar
Pryor, K., Dunleavy, E., & Cohen, D. (2014). Funny you should mention it: New disability EEO/AA regulations finalized for federal contractors. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 7(2), 220224.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Raymark, P. H., Schmit, M. J., & Guion, R. M. (1997). Identifying potentially useful personality constructs for employee selection. Personnel Psychology, 50(3), 723736. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1997.tb00712.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez, 540 US 44 at 53, 298 F.3d 1030 (2003). Retrieved from https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-749.ZO.html Google Scholar
Rehm, L. P. (1977). A self-control model of depression. Behavior Therapy, 8(5), 787804. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7894(77)80150-0 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
The Public Health and Welfare Act , 42 U.S.C. § 12112. (2009). Retrieved from https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title42/pdf/USCODE-2009-title42-chap126-subchapI-sec12112.pdf Google Scholar
Thomas, L. T., & Ganster, D. C. (1995). Impact of family-supportive work variables on work-family conflict and strain: A control perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80(1), 615.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yam, K. C., Fehr, R., Keng-Highberger, F. T., Klotz, A. C., & Reynolds, S. J. (2016). Out of control: A self-control perspective on the link between surface acting and abusive supervision. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(2), 292301. doi: 10.1037/apl0000043 CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed