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Employer willingness to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act regarding staff selection in the UK
Author(s) -
Jackson Chris J.,
Furnham Adrian,
Willen Kate
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317900166912
Subject(s) - legislation , selection (genetic algorithm) , psychology , affect (linguistics) , disabled people , disability discrimination , social psychology , applied psychology , actuarial science , business , political science , law , life style , communication , artificial intelligence , computer science
This study investigated personnel directors and managers’ willingness to revise their current selection procedures as a result of both their attitude towards disabled persons and their knowledge of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). The DDA states that ‘reasonable adjustments’ must be made to the selection process for persons with a disability to enable them to compete on an equal level with non‐disabled candidates. Results showed that employer willingness to comply with the Act is predicted by attitude towards disabled people and knowledge of the legislation. The results are discussed in terms of the likely impact that the DDA will have on the employment situation for persons with a disability and the factors which might affect its success.