Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu

Despite various labor laws and related people disabilities acts have been established worldwide, people with disabilities (PWD) are continued to be marginalized, underutilized and unfairly treated in workplace and society because of societal negative attitudes and discrimination. Thus, the purpose o...

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Main Author:	Goy, Peng Liak
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	HD7255-7256 Vocational rehabilitation Employment of people with disabilities
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spelling	my-ums-ep.376422023-11-24T06:56:05Z Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu 2014 Goy, Peng Liak HD7255-7256 Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities Despite various labor laws and related people disabilities acts have been established worldwide, people with disabilities (PWD) are continued to be marginalized, underutilized and unfairly treated in workplace and society because of societal negative attitudes and discrimination. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of employes' attitudes on PWD on PWD towards employment intention in Kota Kinabalu. The study has also been examining the moderating effect of company characteristics based on organizational size, type of industry and PWD employment experience between the relationship of employer attitudes and PWD employment intention. The study has conceptualized employer attitudes as multidimensional construct based on Theory of Planned behavior (TPB). The study involved 120 respondents or employers throughout Kata Kinabalu and non-probability convenience sampling with quantitative method was deployed to gather data and analyze by using SPSS (version 20) software system. This study contributes knowledge pertaining to local organization by size, type and PWD employment experience towards PWD employment behavior. The findings of study found that the hypotheses of study was partially supported with two out of six sub-hypotheses were significant to influence employer attitudes on PWD and PWD employment intention. This study also indicated that most of employers expressed their willingness and positive attitudes on employment intention than actual practice in workplace. Further, the findings also showed that there was no moderating effect for all company characteristics namely, PWD employment experience, type of industry and organizational size between employers' attitudes on PWD and employment intention. In term of TPB view, the findings disclosed that positive normative and behavior beliefs were more predictable than negative normative and behavior beliefs were and control beliefs to influence employers' attitudes on PWD towards employment intention. By understanding of employer attitudes based onl employment contexts for matching PWD ability on job offered, it could enhance PWD equal employment opportunity and reduce PWD underutilization through the removal of societal barriers in Kata Kinabalu. 2014 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37642/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37642/1/24%20PAGES.pdf text en public https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37642/2/FULLTEXT.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah Fakulti Perniagaan, Ekonomi dan Perakaunan
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topic	HD7255-7256 Vocational rehabilitation Employment of people with disabilities
spellingShingle	HD7255-7256 Vocational rehabilitation Employment of people with disabilities Goy, Peng Liak Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu
description	Despite various labor laws and related people disabilities acts have been established worldwide, people with disabilities (PWD) are continued to be marginalized, underutilized and unfairly treated in workplace and society because of societal negative attitudes and discrimination. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of employes' attitudes on PWD on PWD towards employment intention in Kota Kinabalu. The study has also been examining the moderating effect of company characteristics based on organizational size, type of industry and PWD employment experience between the relationship of employer attitudes and PWD employment intention. The study has conceptualized employer attitudes as multidimensional construct based on Theory of Planned behavior (TPB). The study involved 120 respondents or employers throughout Kata Kinabalu and non-probability convenience sampling with quantitative method was deployed to gather data and analyze by using SPSS (version 20) software system. This study contributes knowledge pertaining to local organization by size, type and PWD employment experience towards PWD employment behavior. The findings of study found that the hypotheses of study was partially supported with two out of six sub-hypotheses were significant to influence employer attitudes on PWD and PWD employment intention. This study also indicated that most of employers expressed their willingness and positive attitudes on employment intention than actual practice in workplace. Further, the findings also showed that there was no moderating effect for all company characteristics namely, PWD employment experience, type of industry and organizational size between employers' attitudes on PWD and employment intention. In term of TPB view, the findings disclosed that positive normative and behavior beliefs were more predictable than negative normative and behavior beliefs were and control beliefs to influence employers' attitudes on PWD towards employment intention. By understanding of employer attitudes based onl employment contexts for matching PWD ability on job offered, it could enhance PWD equal employment opportunity and reduce PWD underutilization through the removal of societal barriers in Kata Kinabalu.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Goy, Peng Liak
author_facet	Goy, Peng Liak
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title	Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu
title_short	Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu
title_full	Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu
title_fullStr	Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu
title_full_unstemmed	Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu
title_sort	employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (pwd) and employment intention in kota kinabalu
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
granting_department	Fakulti Perniagaan, Ekonomi dan Perakaunan
publishDate	2014
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Employers' attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) and employment intention in Kota Kinabalu

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