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Direct linkRandall, Kristina N.; Bernard, Gerald; Durah, Lois – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
The current study examined how employment conditions (competitive employment, work center employment, unemployment) are associated with the quality of life (QoL) for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Using the Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale -- Intellectual/Cognitive Disability (5th Edition; ComQoL-I5; Cummins,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Level, Unemployment
Voermans, Moniek A. C.; Taminiau, Elsbeth F.; Giesbers, Sanne A. H.; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Increasing the societal participation of people with intellectual disabilities via competitive employment requires a full understanding of what this means to them. This paper aims to provide an in-depth examination of the lived experiences of people with intellectual disabilities in competitive employment. Method: Interviews were…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Experience, Mild Intellectual Disability, Work Environment
Beyer, Stephen; Brown, Tony; Akandi, Rachel; Rapley, Mark – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: Policy objectives for people with intellectual disabilities include day service modernization and the promotion of paid employment and quality of life. Quality of life is under represented as an outcome measure in vocational research. This research compares subjective and objective quality of life, and quality of work environment for…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Employees, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life
Staff Stress and Burnout in Intellectual Disability Services: Work Stress Theory and Its Application
Devereux, Jason; Hastings, Richard; Noone, Steve – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Staff in intellectual disability services can be at risk of stress and burnout at work. Given that staff well-being has implications for the quality of life of the staff themselves and people with intellectual disabilities themselves, this is an important research and practical topic. In this paper, we review work stress theories that…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Burnout, Quality of Life, Stress Variables
Flores, Noelia; Jenaro, Cristina; Orgaz, M. Begona; Martin, M. Victoria – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: 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. Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, 507 workers with intellectual…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Quality of Working Life
Verdugo, M. A.; Jordan de Urries, F. B.; Jenaro, C.; Caballo, C.; Crespo, M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Aim: This study investigate what characteristics of supported employment increase quality of life and whether quality of life is higher in supported employment workers or the sheltered ones in Spain. Typicalness, the degree to which the characteristics of a job are the same as those of co-workers without a disability in the same company, was…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Work Environment
