Barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as correlate of economic contribution to national development: the case of Owerri, Nigeria

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as correlate of economic contribution to national development: the case of Owerri, Nigeria

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Th is study investigated barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as correlate of economic contribution to national development: Th e case of Owerri, Nigeria. A survey of fi ft y (56) persons with disabilities of which 52 were applicants and four were already in the workforce in Owerri, Nigeria constituted the sample for the study. Th ree null hypotheses guided the study. A twenty (20) item questionnaire with a modifi ed four point Likert scale and reliability coeffi cient of 0.79 was used to canvass responses of the purposively sampled participants on barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as correlate of economic contribution to national development. The data collected were statistically analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. Th e fi ndings revealed that social stigma, competitive Nigeria labour market and employers’ undue focus on the disability statistically relate with economic contribution to national development. Recommendations were made among others that there should be enactment of laws which will favour employment of persons with disabilities in public and organized private sectors. In this regard, a specifi c percentage or quota should be allotted to the persons with disabilities in compliance to UNESCO mandate. Similar laws are in operation in some developed countries; Nigeria should adopt such a law to give to these persons a pride of place in the society.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as correlate of economic contribution to national development: the case of Owerri, Nigeria

Popis výsledku anglicky

Th is study investigated barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as correlate of economic contribution to national development: Th e case of Owerri, Nigeria. A survey of fi ft y (56) persons with disabilities of which 52 were applicants and four were already in the workforce in Owerri, Nigeria constituted the sample for the study. Th ree null hypotheses guided the study. A twenty (20) item questionnaire with a modifi ed four point Likert scale and reliability coeffi cient of 0.79 was used to canvass responses of the purposively sampled participants on barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as correlate of economic contribution to national development. The data collected were statistically analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. Th e fi ndings revealed that social stigma, competitive Nigeria labour market and employers’ undue focus on the disability statistically relate with economic contribution to national development. Recommendations were made among others that there should be enactment of laws which will favour employment of persons with disabilities in public and organized private sectors. In this regard, a specifi c percentage or quota should be allotted to the persons with disabilities in compliance to UNESCO mandate. Similar laws are in operation in some developed countries; Nigeria should adopt such a law to give to these persons a pride of place in the society.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50302 - Education, special (to gifted persons, those with learning disabilities)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Exceptional People

ISSN

1805-4978

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

1

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

67-80

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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