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ATTITUDES INFLUENCING EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED
Author(s) -
Whigham Barney R.,
Mattson Bruce D.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1969.tb01333.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , interpersonal communication , value (mathematics) , action (physics) , population , test (biology) , applied psychology , demography , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , sociology , computer science , biology
This study investigates the effect of existing attitudes on employment practices of two groups of Texas employers, the first employing visually handicapped persons, and the second employing physically handicapped persons. After personal interviews, all 24 participants were administered the Survey of Interpersonal Values (SIV) and the Action, Cognition, and Emotion Test (ACET). Among conclusions drawn from the findings were that employers of the visually handicapped indicate their willingness to hire persons with physical disabilities, that employers who show willingness to employ handicapped personnel at the professional level tend to value leadership traits in employees, that employers may not carry through with actual employment of the handicapped even though they communicate interest in and tolerance for these individuals, that employers' positive attitudes appear to relate significantly to positive experiences with handicapped workers, and that the larger the population center the more receptive the attitudes of employers toward the handicapped.