Abstract
A mail survey of the largest businesses in the US, the Fortune 500 industrial and service corporations, examined the attitudes of personnel and human resource executives towards the employability of persons with severe disabilities and actual corporate practices regarding the employment of persons with disabilities. The 341 executives who responded are found to be favourable to the employment of persons with disabilities, especially if the executives work in corporations that have hired persons with disabilities within the past three years, and/or have had personally good contact with persons with disabilities in the past. Almost two-thirds of the corporations have a policy regarding hiring persons with disabilities; over one-half have hired such persons within the past three years; and over one-third have supported work programmes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 323-332 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Journal of Rehabilitation Research |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Employment of disabled persons
- Personnel policy
- Vocational rehabilitation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation
