Taiwan Employers' Concerns About Hiring People With Disabilities
Chang, Chia-Shu
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Description
Title
Taiwan Employers' Concerns About Hiring People With Disabilities
Author(s)
Chang, Chia-Shu
Issue Date
1999
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Renzaglia, Adelle
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Business Administration, Management
Language
eng
Abstract
The results revealed: (1) Taiwan employers were very concerned about the skills and attitudes of people with disabilities, the legislative mandates in the LPD, and the support and training provided by rehabilitation agencies and were concerned but less so about economic factors regarding hiring people with disabilities; (2) employers were familiar with the LPD and the impact of employers' familiarity with the LPD was significantly correlated with employers' legislative concerns; (3) Number of types of nonwork-related experience, years of work experience, and evaluation of work experience with people with disabilities were significantly correlated with employers' legislative concerns and familiarity with the LPD; (4) Business size was significantly correlated with employers' legislative concerns, economic concerns, familiarity with the LPD, organization, number of employees hired; (5) employers did not have contact with rehabilitation agencies very frequently, and significant relationships were found between frequency of contact with rehabilitation agencies and organization; and (6) employers indicated possibly of the hiring people with disabilities. Implications of the results were discussed to address the directions for special educators, employment specialists, and policy makers in reducing employers' concerns regarding hiring people with disabilities. Finally, limitations and suggestions for further research were presented.
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