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Predictors Of Attitudes And Turnover Intentions In People With Disabilities: The Importance Of Means-Efficacy, Naomi Charity Schmierer Jan 2005

Predictors Of Attitudes And Turnover Intentions In People With Disabilities: The Importance Of Means-Efficacy, Naomi Charity Schmierer

Theses Digitization Project

This study surveyed 107 working college students with varying disabilities. Individual, job, and organizational characteristics were evaluated for their ability to predict job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover cognitions. One area this characteristic that was explored was that of an individual's perception of organizational resources related to legally mandated reasonable accommodations. Using hierarchal regression this study found that self-efficacy, job characteristics, and means-efficacy were key predictors of job satisfaction. Means-efficacy was the only one of these that was a predictor of turnover intentions.


A Study To Determine Local Employers' Perspectives Regarding The Americans With Disabilities Act, Julia Latham Blanchard Jan 1994

A Study To Determine Local Employers' Perspectives Regarding The Americans With Disabilities Act, Julia Latham Blanchard

Theses Digitization Project

This study was designed to explore the implementation strategies and effectiveness of a sample of major employers from several small suburbs of Los Angeles, in Southern California, regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.