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- Title
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors' Self-Employment Perceptions and Related Client Characteristics.
- Authors
Ashley, Deborah; Graf, Noreen M.
- Abstract
Self-employment is a viable option to increase the quality of life and well-being of people with disabilities. People with disabilities are also twice as likely to be self-employed than those in the general population. While self-employment interest and activity among people with disabilities has remained constant over the past three decades, vocational rehabilitation counselors rarely use self-employment as a closure option. The purpose of the present study was to examine counselors' perceptions regarding self-employment and identify client characteristics deemed necessary for self-employment success. The national sample consisted of 205 Certified Rehabilitation Counselors. Significant statistical differences were found among counselors in variables including: age, education, disability status, time worked, employment status, selfemployment experience, and work sector. Opportunities for future research and implications for the field of rehabilitation are discussed.
- Subjects
WELL-being; INFERENTIAL statistics; SELF-employment; RESEARCH evaluation; ANALYSIS of variance; REHABILITATION counselors; SENSORY perception; CRONBACH'S alpha; T-test (Statistics); QUALITY of life; BUSINESS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL rehabilitation; PSYCHOTHERAPIST attitudes; PEOPLE with disabilities; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; PART-time employment
- Publication
Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 2021, Vol 52, Issue 3, p194
- ISSN
0047-2220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/JARC-D-19-00019