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Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success
Dissertation (MCom (Industrial Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/110165 Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success O’Neil, Sumari charlizebredell@gmail.com Bredel, Charlize career success real barriers perceived barriers work readiness disability visually impaired. Dissertation (MCom (Industrial Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2016. Employees with disabilities strive towards personal fulfilment and therefore career success is achieved when individuals reach personal and organisational goals. Although there are many factors affecting career success, work readiness is one such factor. When students with disabilities are well-prepared to enter the workplace by eliminating all barriers, high levels of objective and subjective career success can be possible. The purpose of this study is to explore the difference between perceived and real barriers of career success for disabled students in South Africa. A qualitative research approach was taken which included 19 students with disabilities – specifically those students suffering from visual impairments. Data was collected using a nonprobability purposive sampling method, semi-structured interviews and a card-sorting elicitation technique. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. A comprehensive literature review was conducted prior to the semi-structured interviews from which the real barriers were identified. From the literature review, it was evident that the real barriers function on an individual, organisational and environmental level. All real barriers in literature were perceived barriers in the semi-structured interview on the individual, organisational and environmental level. In addition three barriers were perceived in the semistructured interviews that were not mentioned as real barriers in literature. These barriers are lack of independence, group opinion and relationships. The findings add to the discussion on disability in the workplace. In practice, identifying perceived barriers will enable organisations, tertiary institutions as well as the students themselves to better prepare for prospective disabled employees. Interventions based on the findings may inform disabled students what to expect in the workplace, while at the same time enlighten employers of expectations and possible workplace interventions to prepare prospective disabled employees. The study was, however, limited to visual impairment, blind, partially blind and partially sighted students at one university in South Africa. Therefore, findings may not be generalisable to other disabilities or other universities. Human Resource Management MCom (Industrial Psychology) 2026-05-15T17:26:32Z 2026-05-15T17:26:32Z 17/02/13 2016 Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110165 en application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | career success real barriers perceived barriers work readiness disability visually impaired. Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success |
| title | Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success |
| title_full | Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success |
| title_fullStr | Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success |
| title_short | Disabled students’ perceived barriers to career success |
| title_sort | disabled students perceived barriers to career success |
| topic | career success real barriers perceived barriers work readiness disability visually impaired. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110165 |