Analysis of the Effectiveness Factors Influencing the Disabilities and Employment

Subject Areas : مدیریت

Younos Vakil Alroaia ¹ , Farshad Aghvami ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship Research Center, Department of Management, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
2 - lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran

Received: 2020-01-02 Accepted : 2020-01-02 Published : 2019-12-22

Keywords: "Employment", "Self-employment", "Disabilities", "Start-up a Business", "State Welfare Organization",

Abstract :

Despite the laws and employment programs and support for people with disabilities, the employment rate for disabled people remains less supportive than non-disabled people. Studies show that disabled people unemployment rate accelerate 63 percent and the clients' unemployment rate is over 48 percent in the society. Accordingly, it causes a high material and spiritual costs for disabled and clients’ families as well as the society and supportive organizations. The aim of this study is to explain and codify the Welfare Organization' disabled people employment in region four of the country. This research is descriptive correlational. The participants were all people with disabilities under Welfare Organization in State Welfare Organization of Region Four of the Iran. The sample consisted of 376 people selected using stratified sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire used for data collection. To analyze the data, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling used. Overall results indicate that individual, family, governmental, financial and job seeking factors of entrepreneurial have a positive and meaningful impact on the business tendency of disabled people. However, belief variable at 95% significance level does not have a meaningful impact on disabled people business tendency. The studies also shown in the development of entrepreneurship in this area should be more reviewed and considered, one of them is to receive and transmit experiences of adults with disabilities, and other changes due to the attitude of employers with disabilities to understand the specific capabilities of people with disabilities.