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The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole.
Thesis (MOccTher)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/126326 The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole. Swart, Alicia Jacobs-Nzuzi Khuabi, Lee-Ann Fredericks, Jerome Peter Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dept. of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Division of Occupational Therapy. Persons with disabilities -- Employment -- Gauteng (South Africa) Telecommuting -- Social aspects -- Gauteng (South Africa) Telecommuting -- Economic aspects -- Gauteng (South Africa) Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries -- Employment -- Gauteng (South Africa) UCTD Thesis (MOccTher)--Stellenbosch University, 2022. ENGLISH SUMMARY: Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that globally, 250 000 to 500 000 people sustain spinal cord injuries (SCI) per annum. Evidence suggests that in South Africa, traumatic SCI cases are disproportionately high in comparison to other countries. This has a vast economic impact on persons with SCIs. Low retention and maintenance of work for persons with SCIs are further exasperated by structural barriers and societal stigma. Addressing engagement in work as a meaningful occupation for persons with SCIs is essential. Persons with SCIs have the ability to contribute to the labour market and doing so could lead to the improvement of their quality of life and socioeconomic status. Currently, there is a paucity of literature on remote work practices for persons with SCIs. This study, therefore, seeks to add to this body of knowledge to increase occupational therapists’ awareness of the possibility of remote work as an option to facilitate the inclusion of persons with SCIs in the open labour market. Aims and objectives: This phenomenological research study explored the facilitators and barriers of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng metropole. The objectives of the study included the exploration of persons with SCIs’ lived experiences of the barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment. Methodology: A qualitative study design was employed to facilitate a deeper understanding of the participants' lived experiences of the research phenomenon. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from four participants. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. Findings: Four themes were generated from the data: 1) Intrinsic facilitators of remote work, with subthemes, 1.1 Remote work promotes a tailored approach to work engagement and sub-theme 1.2: Remote work requires positive personal attributes. 2) Extrinsic facilitators of remote work with subtheme 2.1: Remote work promotes geographical access and diversity and sub-theme 2.2: Remote work as the future of employment, 3) Intrinsic barriers to remote work with sub-theme 3.1: Employment level and sector affect employees’ access to working remotely and sub-theme 3.2: Lack of employer support impacting an employee’s capacity to work remotely. 4) Extrinsic barriers to remote work with sub-theme 4.1: Remote work hampers social work engagement and sub-theme 4.2: Remote work impacts physical mobility. Conclusion and recommendations: Remote work can be utilised to include persons with SCIs in their chosen occupation of work and is an individual, holistic and client-centred approach. Remote work should not be seen as the sole method of inclusion but can also be used in conjunction with traditional office work to accommodate persons with SCIs in the workplace. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Agtergrond: Die Wereldgesondheidsorganisasie (WGO) skat dat 250 000 tot 500 000 mense per jaar wereldwyd spinaalkoordberserings (SKB) opdoen. Statestiek dui daarop dat traumatiese SKB-gevalle in Suid-Afrika buitensporig hoog is in vergelyking met ander lande. Dit het ‘n groot ekonomiese impak op persone met SKB’s. Die lae behoud en instandhouding van werk vir persone met SKB’s word verder vererger deur strukturele hindernisse en maatskaplike stigma. Dit is noodsaaklik om betrokkenheid by werk as 'n betekenisvolle beroep vir persone met SKB’s aan te spreek. Persone met SKB’s het die vermoe om by te dra tot die arbeidsmark en kan sodoende lei tot verbeterde lewenskwaliteit en sosio-ekonomiese status vir hulle. Tans is daar min literatuur oor afstand werkspraktyke vir persone met SKB’s. Hierdie studie poog dus om tot hierdie korpus van kennis by te dra, om arbeidsterapeute se bewustheid van die moontlikheid van afstandwerk te verhoog as 'n opsie om die insluiting van persone met SKB’s in die oop arbeidsmark te fasiliteer. Doelwitte: Hierdie fenomonologiese studie het die fasiliteerders en hindernisse ondersoek om betrokke te raak by afstandwerk in die ope arbeidsmark vir betaalde indiensneming, soos ervaar deur persone met traumatiese spinalkoordbeserings (SKB) binne die Gauteng metropool. Die doelstellings van die studie het die ondersoek van persone met SKI’s se geleefde ervarings van die hindernisse en fasiliteerders ten opsigte van betaalde afstandwerk in die oop arbeidsmark ingesluit. Metodologie: 'n Kwalitatiewe studie-ontwerp is aangewend om 'n dieper begrip van die deelnemers se ervaringe van die navorsingsverskynsel te fasiliteer. Semi-gestruktureerde aanlyn onderhoude is gebruik om data by vier deelnemers in te samel. Die data is ontleed met behulp van tematiese analise. Bevindinge: Vier hooftemas was gegenereer 1) Intrinsieke fasiliteerders van afstandwerk, met subtemas, 1.1 Afstandswerk bevorder 'n pasgemaakte benadering tot werksbetrokkenheid en subtema 1.2: Afstandswerk vereis positiewe persoonlike eienskappe. 2) Ekstrinsieke fasiliteerders van afgelee werk met subtema 2.1: Afstandswerk bevorder geografiese toegang en diversiteit en subtema 2.2: Afgelee werk as die toekoms van indiensneming, 3) Intrinsieke hindernisse tot afgelee werk met subtema 3.1: Indiensnemingsvlak en sektoraffektering werknemers se toegang tot afstandwerk en subtema 3.2: Gebrek aan werkgewerondersteuning wat 'n werknemer se vermoe om op afstand te werk beinvloed. 4) Ekstrinsieke hindernisse vir afgelee werk met subtema 4.1: Afstandswerk belemmer maatskaplikewerkbetrokkenheid en subtema 4.2: Afgelee werk beinvloed fisiese mobiliteit. Gevolgtrekking en aanbevelings: Astandwerk kan gebruik word om persone met SKI’s by hul gekose beroep in te sluit en is 'n individuele, holistiese en klient-gesentreerde benadering. Afstandwerk moet nie gesien word as die enigste metode van insluiting nie, maar kan ook saam met tradisionele kantoorwerk gebruik word om persone met SKI’s in die werkplek te akkommodeer. Masters 2022-11-10T13:26:14Z 2023-01-23T06:52:21Z 2022-11-10T13:26:14Z 2022-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126326 en Stellenbosch University 117 pages ; includes annexures application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Persons with disabilities -- Employment -- Gauteng (South Africa) Telecommuting -- Social aspects -- Gauteng (South Africa) Telecommuting -- Economic aspects -- Gauteng (South Africa) Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries -- Employment -- Gauteng (South Africa) UCTD Swart, Alicia The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole. |
| title | The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole. |
| title_full | The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole. |
| title_fullStr | The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole. |
| title_short | The barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment, as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries (SCI) within the Gauteng Metropole. |
| title_sort | barriers and facilitators of engaging in remote work in the open labour market for paid employment as experienced by persons with spinal cord injuries sci within the gauteng metropole |
| topic | Persons with disabilities -- Employment -- Gauteng (South Africa) Telecommuting -- Social aspects -- Gauteng (South Africa) Telecommuting -- Economic aspects -- Gauteng (South Africa) Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries -- Employment -- Gauteng (South Africa) UCTD |
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