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Understanding Quality of Working Life of Workers with Intellectual Disabilities.
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities; Mar2011, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p133-141, 9p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This paper examines the perceived quality of working life of workers with intellectual disabilities. Specifically, this paper looks at participants' perceptions in relation to perceived job demands and resources and their impact on experienced job satisfaction. In this cross-sectional survey, 507 workers with intellectual disabilities, employed in either sheltered workshops or supported employment, completed questionnaires on the quality of working life through semi-structured interviews. Regression analyses showed that perceived low job demands and elevated social support from coworkers and supervisors predicted higher quality of working life. Common organizational psychology measures can be successfully used with this population to assess quality of working life. This study confirms the multidimensional nature of quality of working life, and the impact of job demands and available resources on perceived satisfaction with job for workers with intellectual disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INTELLECTUAL disabilities
QUALITY of work life
ANALYSIS of variance
CHI-squared test
COMPUTER software
STATISTICAL correlation
EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities
INTERVIEWING
JOB satisfaction
RESEARCH methodology
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SHELTERED workshops
SURVEYS
DATA analysis
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SOCIAL support
CROSS-sectional method
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13602322
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 57984329
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00576.x