Assessment of job satisfaction in people with intellectual disabilities: Towards best‐practice recommendations

Kocman, Andreas; Weber, Germain

doi:10.1111/jar.12434

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“…These results offer support to those in favor of transforming the initiatives of sheltered workshops into more inclusive employment services [85]. However, and in line with previous studies [38][39][40][41][42]53,54,86], most of the workers experienced high levels of job satisfaction. Although other studies did not find differences between work alternative and job satisfaction of employees with disabilities [38,39], the tasks that ID employees usually perform in the different work modalities could help explain the current findings.…”

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“…Over the last decade, there have been numerous attempts to fill this research gap. In fact, an interesting body of work has emerged whose aim has been to analyze the characteristics and factors in the work environment related to the well-being and satis-faction experienced by workers with ID [38][39][40][41][42][43][44]. Job satisfaction has been one of the most analyzed constructs within organizational psychology [45].…”

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Assessment of Occupational Health and Job Satisfaction in Workers with Intellectual Disability: A Job Demands–Resources Perspective

Flores

Moret-Tatay

Gutiérrez-Bermejo

et al. 2021

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In the contexts where people with intellectual disability work, there are factors that determine their job satisfaction. The objective of this study was to test the adequacy of the central assumptions of the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) theory in workers with intellectual disability employed in different work alternatives. Data from 362 workers in sheltered workshops and 192 workers in supported employment were utilized. The model was contrasted using a structural equation model and a multi-group analysis. The results supported the suitability of the model and confirmed that job demands and job resources evoke two relatively independent processes such as health impairment and motivational process. The multi-group analysis confirmed the invariance of the model between the two work alternatives. Thus, the JD-R model offers a useful framework to explain the job satisfaction of workers with intellectual disability. Implications for the improvement of personal and job results are discussed.

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Assessment of Occupational Health and Job Satisfaction in Workers with Intellectual Disability: A Job Demands–Resources Perspective

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Moret-Tatay

Gutiérrez-Bermejo

et al. 2021

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“…The job and feelings of job satisfaction are important for workers with intellectual disability or MI. There have been many different research projects in this field such as Akkerman, Janssen, Kef and Meininger (), or the study by Kocman and Weber () with a focus based on good practice. These same authors (2018) carried out a systematic review of the studies relating to job satisfaction, quality of work life and motivation.…”

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Job satisfaction among disabled people in the sheltered workshop: Differential analysis

Lukas

Hernández

Galarreta

et al. 2018

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This paper analyses job satisfaction and differences in factors affecting it among workers with an intellectual disability and mental illness (MI) depending on their work regime [special employment regime (SER) or occupational service (OS)]. To do so, answers were analysed from 874 participants on a Job Satisfaction Scale used in sheltered workshops in Spain. The results indicate that job satisfaction among workers with intellectual disability and MI in both the SER and the OS regimes is high, with the highest job satisfaction deriving from the Items of communicating problems to resolve them. The lowest levels of job satisfaction are related to the opportunity to take decisions and participate at work. In the majority of the Items analysed, no differences were found on the basis of the age groups considered nor the gender of the participants.

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“…This study was part of a larger research project on the assessment of job satisfaction in people with ID (Kocman & Weber, ). Participants were recruited from five sheltered workshops across Luxembourg operated by APEMH, a local service provider for people with ID.…”

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Concepts of job satisfaction in people with intellectual disability

Kocman

Weber

2018

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background There is a growing body of research on job satisfaction in people with intellectual disability (ID). However, little is known about the subjective concepts of job satisfaction in this population. Knowledge on the conceptualisation of job satisfaction in people with ID and whether currently used concepts are meaningful for this population are crucial prerequisites to purposeful research for this group. Method Qualitative interviews on subjective concepts of job satisfaction were conducted with 129 employees of sheltered workshops. Relevant concepts and associated aspects were extracted using content analysis. Results Concepts can be grouped into holistic concepts, facet-related concepts and self-actualising concepts of job satisfaction in people with ID. Twenty-five percent of the sample did not have any concept of job satisfaction. Conclusions The concepts of job satisfaction in people with ID are closely related to those concepts as reported in organisational psychology. However, sufficient comprehension of the term has to be ensured prior to conducting research on job satisfaction in people with ID.

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Assessment of job satisfaction in people with intellectual disabilities: Towards best‐practice recommendations

Abstract: The JDI/JIGS represent a feasible measures of job satisfaction allowing for comparisons with the general population. In samples with more severe intellectual disabilities, the RSM-WS is preferable.

Cited by 13 publications

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Assessment of Occupational Health and Job Satisfaction in Workers with Intellectual Disability: A Job Demands–Resources Perspective

Assessment of Occupational Health and Job Satisfaction in Workers with Intellectual Disability: A Job Demands–Resources Perspective

Job satisfaction among disabled people in the sheltered workshop: Differential analysis

Concepts of job satisfaction in people with intellectual disability

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