What facilitates the entry of persons with disabilities into South African companies?

References

• United Nations Enable. Handbook for parliamentarians on the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities [Internet]. New York (NY): Secretariat for the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities; 2007 [cited 2011, May 05]. Available from: http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id = 212.
   Google Scholar
• Bruyère SM. Disability employment policies and practices in private and federal sector organizations [Internet]. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor relations, Extension division, Program on employment and disability; 2000 [cited 2010, December 01]. Available from: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/63/
   Google Scholar
• Silverstein R, Julnes G, Nolan R. What policymakers need and must demand from research regarding the employment rate of persons with disabilities. Behav Sci Law 2005;23:399–448. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Klein, PR. The ADA amendments act of 2008: The pendulum swings back. Case W., Res. L., Rev. [Internet] 2010 [cited 2010, January 27];60(2):467–490. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   Google Scholar
• Pope D, Bambra C. Has the Disability Discrimination Act closed the employment gap? Disabil Rehabil 2005;27:1261–1266. Available from Academic Search Premier.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee IKS, Park SK. Employment status and predictors among people with visual impairments in South Korea: Results of a national survey. J Vis Impair Blind [Internet] 2008 [cited 2010, January 27];102(3):147–59. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parmenter TR. Effecting a system of change in the delivery of employment services to people with disabilities: A view from Australia. J Vocat Rehabil [Internet] 1999 Oct [cited 2010, Dec 01];13(2):117–29. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   Google Scholar
• Kraak A. The education-economy relationship in South Africa, 2001–2005. In: Kraak A, Press K, editors. Human resources development review 2008: Education, employment and skills in South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press; 2007. pp 1–25.
   Google Scholar
• McClain CV. Governance and legislation in South Africa: A contemporary overview [Internet]. Oakland (CA): Disability World; 2002 Jan-Mar [cited 2004, Aug 16]. Available from: http://www.disabilityworld.org/01-03_02/gov/southafrica.shtml
   Google Scholar
• Philpott S. Budgeting for children with disabilities in South Africa. Cape Town: Idaho; 2004.
   Google Scholar
• South African Department of Labour. Summary of the employment equity act, 55 of 1998, issued in terms of Section 25(1) [Internet]. South African Department of Labour; 2009 [modified 2009, Jul 22, cited 2010, Mar 26]. Available from: http://www.labour.gov.za/legislation/acts/employment-equity/employment-equity-act.
   Google Scholar
• Ramutloa L. Commission for employment equity report 2009–2010: Part 2. South African department of labour; 2010 [modified 2010, Aug 04, cited 2010, Nov 25]. Available from: http://www.labour.gov.za/documents/annual-reports/Commission%20for%20Employment%20Equity%20Report/2009-2010/commission-for-employment-equity-report-2009-2010.
   Google Scholar
• Wolffe KE, Candela AR. A qualitative analysis of employers’ experiences with visually impaired workers. J Vis Impair Blind 2002 Sept, [cited 2011, May 06];96(9):622–634. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith K, Webber L, Craffam J, Wilson, C. Employer satisfaction, job-match and future hiring intentions for employees with a disability. J Vocat Rehabil [Internet] 2004 Dec, [cited 2009, Feb 17];21(3):165–173. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   Google Scholar
• McLaughlin ME, Bell MP, Stringer DY. Stigma and acceptance of persons with disabilities: understudied aspects of workforce diversity. Group Organ Manage 2004;29(3):302–33.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levy JM, Jessop DJ, Rimmerman A, Francis F, Levy PH. Determinants of attitudes of New York State employers towards the employment of persons with severe handicaps. J Rehabil [Internet] 1993, Jan [cited 2009, Feb 17];59(01):49–54. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   Google Scholar
• Hernandez B, Keys C, Balcazar F. Employer attitudes toward workers with disabilities and their ADA Employment rights: A literature review. J Rehabil [Internet] 2000 Oct-Dec, [cited 2008, Apr 10];66(4):4–16. Available from: Academic Search Premier.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McFarlin DB, Song J, Sonntag M. Integrating the disabled into the workforce: A survey of fortune 500 company attitudes and practices. Employ Respons Rights J 1991;4(2):107–123.
   Google Scholar
• Schur L, Kruse D, Blanck P. Corporate culture and the employment of persons with disabilities. Behav Sci Law 2005;23:3–20.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaye HS, Jans., LH, Jones EC. Why don’t employers hire and retain workers with disabilities? J Occup Rehabil [Internet] 2011 Mar 13 [cited 2011, May 03];01–11. Available from: http://springerlink.com/content/502048411740jgk3/fulltext.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Burkhauser RV, Butler JS, Kim YW. The importance of employer accommodation on the job duration of workers with disabilities: A hazard model approach. Labour Econ 1995;2:109–130.
   Google Scholar
• Robinson JE. Access to employment for people with disabilities: Findings of a consumer-led project. Disabil Rehabil 2000;22:246–253.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• International Labour Office. Strategies for skill acquisition and work for people with disabilities in South Africa: Malawi, South Africa and Zambia [Internet]. International Labour Organization, Skills and Employment Department; 2007 [cited 2011, May 02]. Available from: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---ifp_skills/documents/publication/wcms_107784.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Smit K. Employment Equity: Guidelines for the recruitment and selection of people with disabilities in the open labour market [thesis]. [Stellenbosch]: Stellenbosch University; 2001.
   Google Scholar
• Kleynhans R, Kotzé M. Managers’ and employees’ attitudes towards people with physical disabilities in the workplace. Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe [Internet] 2010 [cited 2010, Sep 25];50(3):404–417. Afrikaans. Available from: Web of Science.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Domzal C, Houtenville A, Sharma R. Survey of employer perspectives on the employment of people with disabilities: Technical report [Internet]. Prepared under contract to the United States Department of Labor, Office of Disability and Employment Policy; 2008 [cited 2009, May 06]. Available from: http://www.dol.gov/odep/research/SurveyEmployerPerspectivesEmploymentPeopleDisabilities.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Dixon KA, Kruse D, Van Horn, CE. Americans’ attitudes about work, employers and government work trends – Restricted access: A survey of employers about people with disabilities and lowering barriers to work. Rutgers University, John J. Heldrich Centre for Workforce development; 2003 [cited 2009, May 14]. Available from: http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/content/Restricted_Access_Press_Release.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Disability Research Case Study Consortium. Conducting and benchmarking inclusive employment policies, practices, and culture [Internet]: Prepared under contract to the United States Department of Labor, Office of Disability and Employment Policy, Syracuse University, Burton Blatt Institute; 2008 [cited 2010, Nov 30]. In Press. Available at: http://www.dol.gov/odep/research/CorporateCultureFinalReport.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Sheehan K. E-mail survey response rates: A review. J Comput-Mediat [Internet] 2001 Jan, [cited 2011, Oct 05];6(2):01–19. Available from: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue2/sheehan.html
   Google Scholar
• Kaplowitz MD, Hadlock TD, Levine R. A comparison of web and mail survey response rates. Public Opin Quar. 2004;68(1):94–101.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hamilton MB. Online survey reponse rates and times: Background and guidance for industry. 2009 [cited 2011, Oct 05]. Available from: http://www.supersurvey.com/papers/supersurvey_white_paper_response_rates.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Rohleder PA. HIV/AIDS and disability: An exploration of organizations’ responses to HIV/AIDS as it affects people with disabilities [dissertation]. [Stelelnbosch]: Stellenbosch University; 2008.
   Google Scholar
• Sapsford R. Survey research. London: Sage Publications; 1999.
   Google Scholar
• Kerlinger FN, Lee HB. Foundations of Behavioral Research. 4th ed. Orlando (FL): Harcourt College Publishers; 2000.
   Google Scholar
• Graziano AM, Raulin ML. Research methods: A process of inquiry. Massachusetts: Needham Heights, Allyn & Bacon; 2000.
   Google Scholar