Starting a new job : the social and emotional experience of people with intellectual disabilities
By: Jahoda, Andrew.
Contributor(s): Banks, Pauline | Kemp, Jeremy | et al.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 22 (5) 2009: 421-425.Publisher: 2009Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
| SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT | LONGITUDINAL STUDIES | EMOTIONS | INCLUSION | WELL BEINGSummary: Presents a longitudinal study examining the experience of people with intellectual disabilities in the workplace. Initially it was found that the participants perceived continuing benefits from entering mainstream employment, including more purposeful lives and increased social status. However, over the follow-up period the participants reported few social opportunities that extended beyond the workplace and an anxiety about their competence to meet employers' demands remained a concern for some.
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Presents a longitudinal study examining the experience of people with intellectual disabilities in the workplace. Initially it was found that the participants perceived continuing benefits from entering mainstream employment, including more purposeful lives and increased social status. However, over the follow-up period the participants reported few social opportunities that extended beyond the workplace and an anxiety about their competence to meet employers' demands remained a concern for some.
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