Workers With Disabilities: Perspectives From Three Business Sectors

Hernández, Brígida; McDonald, Katherine; Velcoff, Jessica; Horin, Elizabeth V.; Divilbiss, Marielle; Donoso, Oscar; Kushnir, Anna

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“…Additionally, the lack of clear communication makes it difficult for hearing impaired employees to perform job requirements and meet job expectations (Rosengreen & Saladin, 2010). While participants in the current study did not endorse the lack of opportunities for promotion, research suggested that companies did not necessarily foster promotion opportunities (Hernandez et al 2008). Employees would typically become comfortable with current job positions, inhibiting the desire to be promoted (Hernandez, 2008).…”

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“…While participants in the current study did not endorse the lack of opportunities for promotion, research suggested that companies did not necessarily foster promotion opportunities (Hernandez et al 2008). Employees would typically become comfortable with current job positions, inhibiting the desire to be promoted (Hernandez, 2008). Consequently, employees rarely sought promotions and employers rarely encouraged them.…”

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The employment of individuals with hearing impairment in the KwaZulu-Natal private sector: Current employers’ perceptions and experiences

Doolabh

Khan

2020

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Background: Despite policies and legislation mandating the employment of persons with disabilities, individuals with hearing impairment continue to face barriers and challenges accessing the labour market and have typically experienced higher rates of unemployment or underemployment. In South Africa, the majority of individuals with disabilities remain dependent on social-welfare to meet basic needs and as a result, their potential remains grossly untapped. Misconceptions regarding the capabilities of hearing impaired individuals have resulted in the occupational marginalization of this population. Objective: This study aimed to investigate employers' perceptions and experiences in recruiting and retaining individuals with hearing impairment in KwaZulu-Natal Provinces' private sector. Method: A descriptive survey with quantitative methods of analysis was used to obtain information from employers, human resource personnel or management in various industries who have employed individuals with hearing loss. The Chronbach Alpha suggested that the self-administered questionnaire had good internal consistency (p = 0.858). A total of 30 responses were obtained from the 19 companies who agreed to participate. Results: Approximately 75% of participants indicated either a medium or low level of awareness regarding disability. Legislation such as the Employment Equity Act (EEA, no 55 of 1998) and the Skills Development Act (SDA, no 97 of 1998) were considered the most useful legislature, as indicated by 66.7% of participants. Those who indicated that external services or resources, such as the KZN Blind and Deaf Society and eDeaf were used during recruitment and retention were more likely to report to the benefits of employing hearing impaired individuals, this being statistically significant (p < 0.001). Less than half of the participants reported that reasonable accommodations were provided for their employees, and half indicated that they were willing to provide sign language interpreters. Most participants (70%) suggested that communication difficulties, particularly in meetings, contributed towards poor employment rates amongst individuals with hearing impairment. Communication difficulties were further endorsed by 73.3% of participants as a major challenge when recruiting and hiring persons with hearing impairment. Other concerns related to the safety of employees and attitudes of co-workers. Conclusion: The findings suggest that a lack of familiarity of disability and disability legislature can manifest in reliance on erroneous stereotypes that individuals with disabilities are poor job performers and incapable of working independently. However, with the use of reasonable accommodations which includes sign language interpreters and desensitization workshops, employers were able to successfully integrate hearing impaired employees into the workforce.

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The employment of individuals with hearing impairment in the KwaZulu-Natal private sector: Current employers’ perceptions and experiences

Doolabh

Khan

2020

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“…People with disability, especially those with MS, are substantially more likely to be unemployed and/or underemployed than people without disability, and these disadvantages are not simply due to individual functional limitations (Lonsdale, 1986;Barnes, 1991;Barnes et al, 1998;Barnes, 2000;Vickers, 2008;2009c). Despite disability-related legislation in a number of countries --for example, the USA, the UK and Australia --there have been no significant improvements in employment or labour force participation rates for people with disability (Hernandez et al, 2000;Hernandez et al, 2007a;Hernandez et al, 2007b;Shrey & Hursh, 1999;Smith & Twomey, 2002;BCA, 2007;Barnes, 2000). In the United States, for example, while it has been over 15 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and nearly five years since the passage of the Ticket to Work Act, federal and state policy makers still struggle to find solutions addressing the needs of working age adults with disabling conditions and illness (Bolin, 2007).…”

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Antenarratives to Inform Health Care Research: Exploring Workplace Illness Disclosure for People with Multiple Sclerosis (Ms)

Vickers

2012

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

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I share Boje's (2001) concept of antenarratives as a useful means of presenting qualitative health care research, especially their capacity to share illness-related stories which may be fragmented, non-linear, sometimes incoherent, and often speculative. I do this to offer insights to health care professionals that might maximize the health care outcomes for those they serve. An Australian based qualitative research project explored the lived experience of what life is really like for a person with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Rather than presenting a traditional, narrative based, coherent and saturated theme, I present antenarratives that vivify the lived experience of illness disclosure. Antenarratives have the capacity to share key elements of experience in ways that can edify health care practitioners concerned with offering support that consists of more than prescriptive solutions and certain advice.

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Workers With Disabilities: Perspectives From Three Business Sectors

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The employment of individuals with hearing impairment in the KwaZulu-Natal private sector: Current employers’ perceptions and experiences

The employment of individuals with hearing impairment in the KwaZulu-Natal private sector: Current employers’ perceptions and experiences

Antenarratives to Inform Health Care Research: Exploring Workplace Illness Disclosure for People with Multiple Sclerosis (Ms)

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