Perspectives of Employees with Intellectual Disabilities on Themes Relevant to Their Job Satisfaction. An Explorative Study using Photovoice

Abstract

From the perspective of people with intellectual disabilities, various themes relate to their job satisfaction, either in positive or negative ways. Photovoice appeared to be a valuable approach, facilitating participants in expressing their views and providing in-depth information.

Understanding Special Olympics Experiences from the Athlete Perspectives Using Photo‐Elicitation: A Qualitative Study

“…; Akkerman et al . ). An important next step would be to use photo‐elicitation methods to inform athlete‐centred programme development.…”

“…Traditional photovoice has been used as a way to document the experiences of persons from vulnerable populations, promote dialogue about important community issues and gain the attention decision-makers (Wang & Burris 1997) (e.g. Bukowski & Buetow 2011;Davison et al 2011;Akkerman et al 2014). An important next step would be to use photo-elicitation methods to inform athlete-centred programme development.…”

“…Photography‐based research methodologies have also been successfully used with persons with intellectual disabilities (Jurkowski ; Akkerman et al . ). Within the context of Special Olympics, combining photographs with verbal discourse can help individuals who have limited verbal skills to allow for more information about their experiences to be shared with the researchers (rather than depending on recall of events alone), and foster empowerment in the participants by giving them control over the content of what they choose to photograph (Booth & Booth ).…”

“…Specifically, the Photovoice Hamilton Manual and Resource Kit (Photovoice Hamilton, 2007) has been recommended for the purposes of photovoice, and has been used with parents of youth with complex care needs and with youth themselves (Postma et al 2014(Postma et al , 2015Woodgate et al 2015). Photography-based research methodologies have also been successfully used with persons with intellectual disabilities (Jurkowski 2008;Akkerman et al 2014). Within the context of Special Olympics, combining photographs with verbal discourse can help individuals who have limited verbal skills to allow for more information about their experiences to be shared with the researchers (rather than depending on recall of events alone), and foster empowerment in the participants by giving them control over the content of what they choose to photograph (Booth & Booth 2003).…”

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

“…Interestingly, most of the quantitative methods used so far can be categorized as global measures. This is unexpected, as a major part of the qualitative body of research available to date is explicitly aimed at finding predictors of job satisfaction in people with intellectual disability and to assess which of these factors are specifically relevant (e.g., Akkerman, Janssen, Kef, & Meininger, ; Flores, Jenaro, Orgaz, & Martín, ). Applying facet scales would provide a more differentiated measurement of job satisfaction or alternative quantitative approaches.…”