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<bold>Background:</bold> People with visual impairment or blindness (PWVIB) face many barriers related to employment. Although literature explores employers’ concerns regarding the employment of PWVIB, stating the concern and developing a solution are different.
<bold>Objectives:</bold> Employers’ solutions to concerns regarding hiring PWVIB have not been surveyed. This study addresses the gap by surveying employers to determine practical solutions and developing the Solutions for Improving Employment of People with Visual Disabilities (SIEPVD) model.
<bold>Methods:</bold> We employed a mixed-method design based on the 975 completed surveys from employers with hiring authority. We also identified and tagged major themes and developed an empirical model. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed to test the model’s goodness of fit.
<bold>Results:</bold> Findings highlight the need for evidence of job capabilities such as financial incentives, information provision, and adequate job vacancies. Evidence or financial incentives directly and positively affect employers’ attitudes toward hiring PWVIB. Financial incentives also mediate information provision and job match with employers’ attitudes toward hiring PWVIB.
<bold>Conclusions:</bold> This is the first study to perform employers’ integration by creating solutions to increase PWVIB’s employment rate. Results may help PWVIB in its employment efforts. Thus, the approach when applying for jobs or attending interviews should be reviewed. Practical contributions are discussed.
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Background: People with visual impairment or blindness (PWVIB) face many barriers related to employment. Although literature explores employers’ concerns regarding the employment of PWVIB, stating the concern and developing a solution are different.
Objectives: Employers’ solutions to concerns regarding hiring PWVIB have not been surveyed. This study addresses the gap by surveying employers to determine practical solutions and developing the Solutions for Improving Employment of People with Visual Disabilities (SIEPVD) model.
Methods: We employed a mixed-method design based on the 975 completed surveys from employers with hiring authority. We also identified and tagged major themes and developed an empirical model. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed to test the model’s goodness of fit.
Results: Findings highlight the need for evidence of job capabilities such as financial incentives, information provision, and adequate job vacancies. Evidence or financial incentives directly and positively affect employers’ attitudes toward hiring PWVIB. Financial incentives also mediate information provision and job match with employers’ attitudes toward hiring PWVIB.
Conclusions: This is the first study to perform employers’ integration by creating solutions to increase PWVIB’s employment rate. Results may help PWVIB in its employment efforts. Thus, the approach when applying for jobs or attending interviews should be reviewed. Practical contributions are discussed.

Employers’ Revelation of Decision-making Keys for Employing People with Visual Impairment: Mixed-method Analysis of Employers’ Motivations

Business Systems Research Journal

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Background: People with visual impairment or blindness (PWVIB) face many barriers related to employment. Although literature explores employers’ concerns...

Employers’ Revelation of Decision-making Keys for Employing People with Visual Impairment: Mixed-method Analysis of Employers’ Motivations

Published Online: Oct 15, 2022

Page range: 104 - 119

Received: Feb 16, 2021

Accepted: Nov 22, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2022-0007

Keywords
visual impairment, rehabilitation, employment, work, disabilities

© 2022 Eyal Eckhaus, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Employers’ Revelation of Decision-making Keys for Employing People with Visual Impairment: Mixed-method Analysis of Employers’ Motivations

Published Online: Oct 15, 2022

Page range: 104 - 119

Received: Feb 16, 2021

Accepted: Nov 22, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2022-0007

Keywordsvisual impairment, rehabilitation, employment, work, disabilities

© 2022 Eyal Eckhaus, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
visual impairment, rehabilitation, employment, work, disabilities