Developing the Co-Worker Acceptance of Disabled Employees (CADE) Scale

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathon S. Breen
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Validity Study ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Workplace Training ◽  
Difference Model ◽  
Empirical Validity ◽  
Employees With Disabilities ◽  
Workplace Attitudes ◽  
Disabled Employees ◽  
The Difference

AbstractThere are a number of scales intended to measure workplace attitudes toward people with disabilities. However, there is limited demonstration of validity evidence, especially theoretical validity. This article reports on the development of the Co-Worker Acceptance of Disabled Employees (CADE) Scale, including an examination of theoretical and empirical validity evidences. Theoretical validity is supported by screening each scale item through the difference model of disability. Empirical validity evidence is generated through a content validity study and an initial validity study. Exploratory factor analysis reveals that workplace attitudes toward employees with disabilities are based on perceived differences between those with disabilities and others. The CADE Scale will support workplace training and provide evidence of attitude change subsequent to workplace disability-related interventions.

scholarly journals The Effects of Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use on Acceptance towards Office Assistance Application among Employers to Disabled Employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Nor Intan Adha Hafit ◽  
Nor Azairiah Fatimah Othman ◽  
Syezreen Dalina Rusdi ◽  
Nurul Salizawatee Mahpar ◽  
Mohd Fariq Izmeer Mat Sharie
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Employees With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled Employees ◽  
Disabled Workers

Employment among people with disabilities remains debatable. This paper investigates employers' points of view towards accepting technological assistance for employees with disabilities at the workplace. Specifically, this paper examines the effects of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on acceptance towards Office Assistance Application among employers to disabled employees. Acceptance towards any technology has been broadly tested using Davis' Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). To prove if that is the case or not for Office Assistance Applications within the context of employers to employees with disabilities, this research was undertaken to affirm the past research. Data was collected via online questionnaires from 35 employers to Micro Enterprises organization. 6 of surveyed employers were current employers to disabled workers, 18 employers affirmed interest to employ PWDs in the future with 9 employers asserted no interest to hire disabled workers. Data was analysed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The result showed two hypotheses were supported evidencing positive and significant relationship between perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, and relationship between perceived usefulness and technology acceptance. Findings are useful for employers to improve functions of their disabled workers at the workplace along with increasing employment prospects for people with disabilities.

The difference model of disability: A change in direction for vocational rehabilitation practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Jonathon S. Breen ◽  
Susan Forwell
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Difference Model ◽  
Models Of Disability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Employment Goals ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Individual

AbstractVocational rehabilitation provides guidance and support to individuals with disabilities entering the workforce. Employment plans include considerations of goals, the job market, and pre-existing or trainable skills on the part of job seekers. This process also includes an understanding of the social forces that affect employment goals. Current models of disability include the medical, social, and embodiment models. Each is cognitively based and assumes an element of responsibility or blame, that is, respectively, focused on the individual with a disability, the community, or a combination of these two factors. The difference model of disability offers an alternative understanding of disability by providing an affect-based framework that eliminates the premise of blame. This conceptualization of disability provides a new approach to vocational rehabilitation.

scholarly journals The difference model of voting.

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 576-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Ove Hansson
Keyword(s):  
Difference Model ◽  
The Difference

Optimization and Application of FinishMills Temperature Control in Hot Strip Mill

2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 4253-4257
Author(s):  
Qiang Guo ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Zhi Ling ◽  
Nan Kai Shentu ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Swarm Optimization ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Measure Data ◽  
Hot Strip Mill ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Difference Model ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Hot Strip ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Hot Rolled

in this paper, the author used method of Two-dimensional finite difference to establish a model of temperature in hot rolled steels in finishing stands, and used explicit difference method to solve the difference model. The model was optimized by correct parameters through particle swarm optimization combining with measure data. It has been verified that the deviation of the models prediction and real data keeps between ±10°C.

Development Process of a Method, Material and Evaluation for Professional Qualification of Employees with Disabilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 472 ◽  
pp. 990-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Lucia Miyake Okumura ◽  
Osiris Canciglieri Junior ◽  
Teófilo Miguel de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Production Control ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Employees With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled Employees ◽  
Automotive Parts

This paper presents a case study regarding the professional qualification training for a group of disabled employees newly hired by a company that manufactures automotive parts. These employees receive exclusive training to work on the companys plant floor. This research was limited to PCP (Planning and Production Control) classes, where was used the courseware, teaching methodology and student-employee assessment outlined in the structure of Product Development Process oriented for Assistive Technology. The main challenge was planning the training for a group of students that present physical, mental, visual or hearing disabilities. The research objective is to present the research conducted in the class and the possibility of development of teaching methods and materials that reach the cognition level of students with disabilities in the PCP subject, making them aware of the necessity of teamwork and consequently enabling them to perform their function as well as raise awareness for searching improvements in the work environment and alternatives communication with their coworkers. At the end, it is discussed the results presenting the strengths and difficulties found during the research in the professional qualification training classes.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS ON FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY SYNERGY ON PUBLIC COMPANIES IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR AND INDUSTRY POST MONETARY CRISIS LISTED IN JSX

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Christnatalia Christnatalia
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Merger And Acquisition ◽  
Difference Model ◽  
Financial Efficiency ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Return On Capital ◽  
The Difference

The background of this research was merger and acquisition wave frequently in higher research and development needed and new technology implemented companies related in chemical create<br />lower financial performance after merger and acquisition. The objective of this research was to test the significance of the difference between the efficiency financial performance before and<br />after merger and acquisition. The design of this research applied purposive random sampling, quantitative method two means difference model, and statistic software SPSS for problem solving.<br />Data analysis applied measuring return on capital employed. The result of research indicated that merger and acquisition activities can not improved efficiency of emittens or ROCE ratio in all emittens were getting worse after merger and acquisition

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