Understanding Drivers and Barriers to Employment for Individuals with Disabilities

Abstract

Finding and retaining work seems to be a huge challenge for many people with disabilities worldwide, and this is despite the fact that employing them is crucial from both a social and economic perspective. Addressing the gap in the literature, the paper aims to reveal the drivers and barriers to employment for people with disabilities. In doing this, a qualitative study was conducted having semi-structured interviews with people with disabilities. The core findings revealed that individual, organisational and contextual factors might support or hinder people with disabilities from employment. The paper calls for rethinking how society as a whole might contribute to better life and work quality for people with disabilities as well as entire population.

Keywords: People with Disabilities, Employment of People with Disabilities, Employment Drivers, Employment Barriers

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1004961