Studies on psychosocial conditions of motivation to take up jobs by people with disabilities in Poland

Project manager: Karolina Pawłowska M.Sc.

Project summary:

The aim of the task was to determine psychosocial conditions of motivation of people with disabilities to take up jobs by in the open labour market and in sheltered enterprises, and of people registered as unemployed and looking for work. The aim was also to develop training materials, guidelines and recommendation for services dealing with the rehabilitation of people with disabilities. 470 people with disabilities took part in the study. They were 18-65, had a mobility dysfunction, a disability of the internal organs, vision impairment and hearing impairment. In the study, which had the form of interviews, the following were used: WPI (version for employers) by T. Amabile, adapted by M. Karwowski, A. Strzałecki's Creative Behaviour Style questionnaire, A.H.Buss and R. Polomin's EAS Temperament questionnaire and the authors' own questionnaire created for the purposes of this study. An analysis of the obtained results showed that the most important motives for taking up or keeping a job was the need to be useful and economical matters. The scale of external rewards was assessed as better than the scale of satisfaction from doing a job. Internal motivation dominated external motivation. Guidelines and recommendations for services dealing with the rehabilitation of people with disabilities were prepared. They focus on taking up activities that motivate those people to take up work.

Unit: Department of Ergonomics

Duration: 01.01.2008 – 30.12.2010