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ERIC Number: EJ1477953
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2168-6653
EISSN: EISSN-2168-6661
Available Date: 0000-00-00
A Survey Development for Human Resources Management Professionals Encompassing Awareness, Assistive Technology Knowledge, and Workplace Accommodations
Julia K. VanderMolen; Courtney Ward-Sutton
Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, v38 n2 p104-111 2024
Background: An employer's attitude is essential in the workplace. It is often associated with hiring behaviors, in addition to their required awareness and knowledge of providing reasonable assistive technology (AT) and workplace accommodations (WA) for persons with disabilities (PwDs). Objective: The study aimed to draw out knowledge and feedback from hiring managers, human resources management professionals, and recruitment specialists for PwDs, in addition to assessing the awareness and knowledge of AT and WA (AT-WA). Methods: Researchers conducted a focus group to gain an insight for developing a survey that assesses the awareness and knowledge of AT-WA's best practices used by hiring managers and human resources management professionals for employing PwDs. Findings and Conclusions: Results from the focus group participants were all in agreeance that training improvements are needed to help diversify the workforce for PwDs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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