Dr. Dan Samosh
Dan Samosh is a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Work & Health. He is also a post-doctoral fellow with the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto.
Samosh received his PhD in organizational behaviour and his MSc in strategy, both from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. He earned his BA (Hons.) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University in London, Ont.
Samosh’s research portfolio focuses on disability and work. For his doctoral research, he employed qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the career advancement and leadership experiences of persons with disabilities. He continues to develop research in this area, while investigating topics such as accommodation-focused justice perceptions, affirmative perspectives on disability, and disability management.

Research areas
Projects
- Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy: Envisioning the future of disability policy in Canada. Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Ongoing.
- Financial incentives to promote employment of people with disabilities: when and how they work best. Funded by Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Ongoing.
Publications
- Tompa E, Samosh D, Johnston H, Irvin E, Gewurtz R, Padkapayeva K, Moser C. Funding employment services to create sustainable employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Institute for Work & Health; 2022.
- Tompa E, Samosh D, Santuzzi AM. Guest editorial. The benefits of inclusion: disability and work in the 21st century. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. 2022;41(3):309-317. doi:10.1108/EDI-04-2022-376.
- Samosh D. The three-legged stool: synthesizing and extending our understanding of the career advancement facilitators of persons with disabilities in leadership positions. Business & Society. 2021;60(7):1773–1810. doi:10.1177/0007650320907134.