Enhancing Employment Access for People with Disabilities through Transportation: Insights from Workers with Disabilities, Employers, and Transportation Providers DOI Creative Commons
Alexandra Tessier, Isabelle Gélinas, Normand Boucher

и другие.

Disabilities, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4(2), С. 384 - 412

Опубликована: Май 31, 2024

Transportation is integral to the employment accessibility and sustainability of people with disabilities. This study aims identify barriers, facilitators, solutions commuting for disabilities, drawing from their perspectives as well those employers transportation providers. Through semi-structured individual interviews, insights were gathered sixteen individuals seven employers, two job integration agents, four transporters. Qualitative analysis interview transcripts revealed factors influencing commuting, including personal attributes environmental factors. underscores significant impact factors, particularly role social networks transport infrastructure in either supporting or hindering public use disabilities who commute work. For example, employers’ limited awareness employees’ challenges contrasts recognition potential it. Training disability initiatives emerge pivotal empower within network, personnel, fellow passengers, facilitate by work commutes.

Язык: Английский

Investigating employers’ attitudes and knowledge about employing someone with a spinal cord injury DOI Creative Commons
Linda Barclay, Antonio Vecchio, Emma Bould

и другие.

Disability and Rehabilitation, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 46(23), С. 5554 - 5561

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2024

The aim of this study was to gain an understanding employers' attitudes to, knowledge about, and policies relating employing someone with a spinal cord injury (SCI).

Язык: Английский

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How supervisors and coworkers enable workplace practices to foster success for employees with mental health and/or addiction challenges DOI
Kelley A. Packalen, Kaitlyn Sobchuk, Kelly Qin-Wang

и другие.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 15, 2024

Purpose The goal of this study was to understand which employee-focused workplace practices and priorities – more formally known as human resource (HR) employees with mental health and/or addiction challenges (MHAC) valued how they perceived the day-to-day implementation those in integration social enterprises (WISEs) that employed them. Design/methodology/approach Twenty-two WISE workers who self-identified having serious MHAC participated semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed coded identify ways did or not feel supported their WISEs. Findings Participants identified three HR two important establishing an inclusive accommodated MHAC. extent individual participants felt included accommodated, however, shaped by interactions supervisors coworkers. Originality/value By evaluating salience WISEs’ through lens themselves, our articulates critical role coworkers have determining whether intended effect on worker experience.

Язык: Английский

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From echo chamber to orchestra: Orchestrating job empowerment for deaf employees in Jeddah DOI Creative Commons
Najwa Abood Salih Basonbul,

Fatima Fassi

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(3), С. 288 - 297

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Deaf individuals in the Saudi labour market face significant hurdles, adversely impacting their professional integration. This study investigates reality of job empowerment for employees from perspective Jeddah, aiming to illuminate nuances experiences. A qualitative approach employed interviews with twelve employees, purposively sampled community. The findings paint a complex picture. While overall relations appear positive, stark gender disparity emerges workplace power dynamics and opportunities. males enjoy greater autonomy, wield influence navigate responsibilities relatively easily. women, however, encounter discriminatory practices, are often excluded crucial decision-making processes engagements. underscores urgent need concrete measures combat bias empower females. Business institutions must prioritize equal opportunities employment, training, development by fostering inclusive work environments providing targeted support Such provide an in-depth understanding challenges faced particularly navigating complexities within sphere. Further research is warranted explore effective strategies equitable empowering workplaces all genders, ultimately promoting successful integration into market.

Язык: Английский

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Technologies Facilitating the Integration of Employees with Disabilities in the Manufacturing Industry: Identification and Assessment of Potential DOI
Dorota Stadnicka, Anna Kononiuk, Alicja Gudanowska

и другие.

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

This work aims to identify and evaluate potential of the technologies that support employees with various disabilities working in manufacturing industry. Technologies can facilitate integration increase efficiency people have been identified a review scientific grey literature, including online reports offers from technology providers. Then, help experts, feasibility implementing industry types was assessed. To assessment by first all, description included research prepared, then experts were asked rate each on scale 1 10 terms its for implementation The results are presented aggregate form (median, minimum maximum, mean standard deviation). allowed most promising disabilities. supporting specific also summarized, thus identifying not sufficiently supported technologies. theoretical contribution paper is highlight importance innovative technological solutions increasing In this way, fills gap regarding lack comprehensive analysis only disabilities, but ensure expected effectiveness their work. practical demonstrates any disability be at least two available technologies, motor Moreover, indicates that, general, willing implement hearing loss disability. originality study reflected presentation opinions representing industrial processing companies.

Язык: Английский

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Enhancing Employment Access for People with Disabilities through Transportation: Insights from Workers with Disabilities, Employers, and Transportation Providers DOI Creative Commons
Alexandra Tessier, Isabelle Gélinas, Normand Boucher

и другие.

Disabilities, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4(2), С. 384 - 412

Опубликована: Май 31, 2024

Transportation is integral to the employment accessibility and sustainability of people with disabilities. This study aims identify barriers, facilitators, solutions commuting for disabilities, drawing from their perspectives as well those employers transportation providers. Through semi-structured individual interviews, insights were gathered sixteen individuals seven employers, two job integration agents, four transporters. Qualitative analysis interview transcripts revealed factors influencing commuting, including personal attributes environmental factors. underscores significant impact factors, particularly role social networks transport infrastructure in either supporting or hindering public use disabilities who commute work. For example, employers’ limited awareness employees’ challenges contrasts recognition potential it. Training disability initiatives emerge pivotal empower within network, personnel, fellow passengers, facilitate by work commutes.

Язык: Английский

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0