The lives and livelihood of 2.68 crore people with disabilities (PwD) in India are often laced with serious challenges, associated with unemployment and other macro-level contextual barriers. While several studies have stressed and documented the important role of macro factors such as social welfare programs, accessible environment or public policies to promote employability and inclusive work conditions for PwD, the effects of micro-level factors on job/career outcomes is comparatively under-explored in India, characterized by constrained and uncertain socio-economic environments.

Given that employability is a central concern for people with disabilities, personal resources could significantly contribute to their vocational outcomes in such contexts. Conceptualizations of employability reflecting the interplay between individual characteristics and contextual factors become paramount given the diversity among PwD. Consequently, as a part of larger study, present study focuses on perceived employability, which relates to an individual’s perception of his or her possibilities of obtaining and maintaining employment. Considering personal resources such as protean career orientation (PCO) and job self-efficacy (JSE) as critical work resources along with contextual resources such as co-worker support (CWS) and idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), the study examines their impact on perceived employability of PwD. Using survey data collected from 181 PwD employed in public and private sector organizations in India, we tested hypothesized linkages using structural equation modelling (SEM). We discuss implications to career development theory and practice in the context of employees with disabilities.