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

Abstract

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.

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

“…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.…”

“…Social support from coworkers or supervisors, obtaining feedback on performance, and having autonomy are examples of resources. Numerous investigations with ID workers have identified job demands and resources associated with their well-being and job satisfaction [19,39,40,44,[51][52][53][54][55].…”

“…Satisfaction also seems to depend on personal factors, as well as on characteristics and conditions in which the work is done but, above all, on the appraisal of the workers themselves of these factors, in particular the nature of the tasks, working conditions, physical and psychological demands, social relations, and perceived support from colleagues and supervisors. Likewise, features such as the perception of autonomy, self-determination, decision-making, independence, and motivation have been found to be related to job satisfaction in the scarce research carried out in this field [19,39,40,[51][52][53]. Those features, when perceived negatively, can become stress-inducing risk factors and jeopardize worker health and organizational outcomes.…”

The Opinions of Turkish Civil Servant Employees with Disability and Their Working Experience

“…On the other hand, some participants think that having a job may cause the stress and the reason of being employed is the concern for the future. These findings concurred with the literature (Gündüz et al, 2013;Houser and Chace, 1993;Lukas et al, 2018;Öztabak, 2017;Öztabak, 2018;Pagánand Malo, 2013). The results concerning disabled people's perspectives on themselves and their profession are mixed.…”

The management of life skills program for students with disabilities

“…The suitability of the jobs for the students with disabilities affected their performance and satisfaction towards the jobs and the company. Choosing suitable work for the employees with disabilities brings satisfaction from the employees, and it is associated with the higher performance that prolonged their work period [23], [24].…”