A systematic literature review on the obstacles to workplace success among visually impaired individuals

Abstract

Encountering individuals with visual impairments at organisations has become more commonplace than before. As the proportion of visually impaired individuals rises inside companies, the obstacles to achieving workplace success become more apparent. A systematic literature review was conducted to present the obstacles individuals with vision impairment face in achieving workplace success. Three hundred ninety-eight relevant papers were collected from reputable databases, including Mendeley, Web of Science, Scopus, and Springer e-databases. The analysis focused on 12 non-duplicate, original (research), English-language, open-access, and full papers published between 2019 and 2023. These studies were selected and widely covered obstacles to workplace success among visually impaired individuals based on the eligibility criteria. Most focused on visually impaired individuals employed in the United States. These studies primarily used quantitative research methods and were published between 2021 and 2022. The significant obstacles to workplace success among individuals with vision impairment in the 12 selected studies were unfitting to the workplace environment, job insecurity, lack of reasonable accommodation and rehabilitation services, poor psychological conditions, and unsatisfactory wages.