Abstract
This study discusses about the employment status of PWDs in Region VII. A descriptive normative survey, mainly quantitative research, was used in this study. Data were tabulated and computed as to frequency, percentage and graphical presentations and were interpreted. The findings of this study challenge the perception that persons with disabilities (PWDs) who graduated from institutions of higher learning are able to find jobs, attain permanent employment status, and achieve job satisfaction. The main objective of this study was to find out the adjustment issues and status of employment of the PWDs and the relationship of these to job satisfaction. Persons with disabilities reported adjustment issues concerning the dissemination of information in the workplace and status of employment which was hardly satisfactory, as only a minority achieved permanent status and had accompanying fringe benefits afforded to tenured employees. This resulted in low job satisfaction among persons with disabilities. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the training obtained in the academe to realign the skills and competencies with those necessary in the workplace, as well as increase advocacy and awareness of their needs so that they may be successfully integrated in terms of employment into mainstream society.
Recommended Citation
Boholano, Helen B. and Puco, Mary Lou C. Go
(2012)
"The Status of Employment and Adjustment Issues
of the Physically-Impaired Graduates of Higher Education Institutions in Region 7,"
CNU Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 6:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70997/2546-1796.1143
Available at:
https://jhe.researchcommons.org/journal/vol6/iss1/12