Greek Employers’ Attitudes to Employing People with Disabilities: Effects of the Type of Disability.

Autor: Zissi, Anastasia, Rontos, Costas, Papageorgiou, Dimitris, Pierrakou, Christina, Chtouris, Sotiris
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Zdroj: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research; Mar2007, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p14-25, 12p
Abstrakt: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to answer two central research questions: (i) what are Greek employers’ attitudes to employing people with a range of disabilities; and (ii) do employers’ attitudes differ according to the type of disability? The study sample comprised 102 local employers with small-sized retail trade and service businesses located in semi-urban areas of Lesvos and Chios, Greek islands in the North Aegean Sea. The results show that employers’ attitudes differed depending on the type of disability; most respondents believed that it would be easier for people with diabetes, thalassaemia or renal insufficiency to gain employment than those with schizophrenia, blindness, learning disability or depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index