Factors Associated with Workers' Attitudes towards Employment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Saudi Arabia

Autor/inn/en	Elahdi, Ayman; Alnahdi, Ghaleb H.
Titel	Factors Associated with Workers' Attitudes towards Employment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Saudi Arabia
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35 (2022) 3, S.856-866 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Elahdi, Ayman) ORCID (Alnahdi, Ghaleb H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12990
Schlagwörter	Intellectual Disability; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Gender Differences; Work Attitudes; Employment; Barriers; Familiarity; Correlation; Supervisors; Employee Attitudes; Ownership + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Dienstverhältnis; Korrelation; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Eigentum
Abstract	Background: Persons with intellectual disabilities have the right to pursue and acquire gainful employment and thereby obtain the psychological, social and economic benefits derived from employment. Aims: This study aimed to examine workers' attitudes towards and perspectives with respect to the challenges of employing persons with intellectual disabilities. Method: The sample was composed of 168 persons (60% male). Participants responded to a questionnaire that assessed their attitudes towards working with persons with intellectual disabilities (ATWQ) and a challenges questionnaire (CHQ). Results and Conclusion: This study found that familiarity (frequency of contact) and having a previous work experience with someone with an intellectual disability were positively associated with workers' attitudes towards employing persons with intellectual disabilities. Furthermore, owners and supervisors were more reluctant to accept the practice of employing persons with intellectual disabilities than were employees. No differences were found by gender. Implications based on the findings are discussed herein. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01