The Development and Validation of the Workplace Acceptance Scale: Evidence from a Sample of Workers with Disabilities
| Autor: | Gemma M.C. van Ruitenbeek, Sjir Uitdewilligen, Fred R. H. Zijlstra, Katharina Vornholt |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Section Work & Organisational Psychology, RS: FPN WSP I |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030506 rehabilitation
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SATISFACTION Applied psychology PARTICIPATION Organizational commitment JOB 03 medical and health sciences Occupational Therapy PEOPLE 0502 economics and business MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT Productivity 05 social sciences Rehabilitation Social dynamics Acceptance INDIVIDUALS Aging in the American workforce DISCRIMINATION Scale (social sciences) Workforce measurement workplace integration 0305 other medical science Psychology Construct (philosophy) COMMITMENT 050203 business & management Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 54(2), 135-149. IOS Press |
| ISSN: | 1052-2263 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Recent trends in demographics and the labor market, such as an aging workforce, bring forth a significant societal transformation and force organizations to conform to new circumstances. Diversity management strategies may help to counteract negative outcomes of these developments. However, organizational diversity triggers various reactions among the established workforce, evoking positive as well as negative social dynamics.OBJECTIVE: In order to better understand the dynamics that arise from workplace diversity, specifically from workplace disability, the present paper outlines the development of an eleven-item measure of perceived workplace acceptance.METHODS: Three independent samples of employees with disabilities (including multisource data) were used to demonstrate the reliability and validity of the scale.RESULTS: The scale shows good psychometric properties and exploratory as well as confirmatory factor analyses indicate that workplace acceptance is a unidimensional construct. The study shows that the scale is significantly related to constructs such as health and productivity, self-esteem, intent to leave, motivation, organizational commitment, and attitudes of colleagues, providing evidence for criterion-related validity.CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the present study provides evidence for the validity of the Workplace Acceptance Scale and suggests that the workplace acceptance construct has important implications for both individuals with disabilities and groups of colleagues. |
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