Proceedings of 10th Asian Business Research Conference
6 - 7 October 2014, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square, Bangkok, Thailand, ISBN: 978-1-922069-62-7
Social Networks of Persons with Disability – Impact On Social
Integration in the Organization
Janhavi Kote
Social net work s in an organization are k nown to impact the organization and its
employees in many ways. Social integration in the organization is one such area. I argue
that the homophilous net work s that persons with disabilities tend to form impact their
integration with the organization as a whole. I further argue that three types of factors,
namely (1) achieved characteristics of persons with disabilities, (2) organizational context
characteristics and (3) personal characteristics of the persons with disabilities will have an
impact on the formation of homophilous ties. A model that can be tested empirically is
suggested.
Field of Research: Management
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Janhavi Kote, Indian Institute of Management, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, India; janhavi10@iimb.ernet.in