International Employee Perspectives on Disability Management
Author(s)
Wagner, Shannon
Buys, Nicholas
Yu, Ignatius
Geisen, Thomas
Harder, Henry
Randall, Christine
Fraess-Phillips, Alex
Hassler, Benedikt
Scott, Liz
Lo, Karen
Tang, Dan
Howe, Caroline
Year published
2018
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Purpose: To provide an international analysis of employees’ views of the influence of disability management (DM) on the workplace.
Methodology: An international research team with representation from Australia, Canada, China, and Switzerland collected survey data from employees in public and private companies in their respective regions. Due to lack of availability of current measures, a research team-created survey was used and a total of 1201 respondents were collected across the four countries.
Analysis: Multiple linear (enter) regression was also employed to predict DM’s influence on job satisfaction, physical health, ...
View more >Purpose: To provide an international analysis of employees’ views of the influence of disability management (DM) on the workplace. Methodology: An international research team with representation from Australia, Canada, China, and Switzerland collected survey data from employees in public and private companies in their respective regions. Due to lack of availability of current measures, a research team-created survey was used and a total of 1201 respondents were collected across the four countries. Analysis: Multiple linear (enter) regression was also employed to predict DM’s influence on job satisfaction, physical health, mental health, workplace morale and reduced sickness absence, from respondents’ perceptions of whether their company provided disability prevention, stay-at-work, and return-to-work initiatives within their organization. One-way ANOVA comparisons were used to examine differences on demographic variables including company status (public versus private), union status (union versus nonunion), and gender. Results: The perceived influence of DM programs was related to perceptions of job satisfaction; whereas, relationships with mental health, physical health, morale, and sickness absence were variable according to type of DM program and whether the response was related to self or others. Difference analyses (ANOVA) revealed significantly more positive perceptions for private and nonunion organizations; no gender effects were found. Conclusions: There is perceived value of DM from the perspective of employees, especially with respect to its value for coworkers.
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View more >Purpose: To provide an international analysis of employees’ views of the influence of disability management (DM) on the workplace. Methodology: An international research team with representation from Australia, Canada, China, and Switzerland collected survey data from employees in public and private companies in their respective regions. Due to lack of availability of current measures, a research team-created survey was used and a total of 1201 respondents were collected across the four countries. Analysis: Multiple linear (enter) regression was also employed to predict DM’s influence on job satisfaction, physical health, mental health, workplace morale and reduced sickness absence, from respondents’ perceptions of whether their company provided disability prevention, stay-at-work, and return-to-work initiatives within their organization. One-way ANOVA comparisons were used to examine differences on demographic variables including company status (public versus private), union status (union versus nonunion), and gender. Results: The perceived influence of DM programs was related to perceptions of job satisfaction; whereas, relationships with mental health, physical health, morale, and sickness absence were variable according to type of DM program and whether the response was related to self or others. Difference analyses (ANOVA) revealed significantly more positive perceptions for private and nonunion organizations; no gender effects were found. Conclusions: There is perceived value of DM from the perspective of employees, especially with respect to its value for coworkers.
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Journal Title
Disability and Rehabilitation
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This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
Subject
Biomedical and clinical sciences
People with disability
Health sciences
Human society