Disability Management Practices in Education, Hotel/Motel, and Health Care Workplaces

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• Personal Author:
  Amick BC ; Rasheed F ; Shannon HS ; Westmorland MG ; Williams RM
• Description:
  The high costs and the impact of work disability have become a growing concern for workplaces. As a result, workplace disability management approaches have been developed to lower disability costs, protect the employability of workers, and promote early return to work. A stratified random sample of 455 employers in education (n = 157), hotel/motel (n = 110), and health care (n = 188) sectors who completed a mailed Organizational Policies and Practices (OPP) questionnaire is reported. The OPP questionnaire asked questions about eight workplace disability management practices. The article examined the multi-dimensionality, internal consistency, and discriminant validity of the OPP and compares disability management practices across the three sectors. The OPP questionnaire showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.95) and discriminant validity. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for each of the eight subscales demonstrated that there were statistically significant differences between the sectors in ergonomic practices (F (2,452) = 15.8, P < 0.001), disability case management (F (2,452) = 4.6, P < 0.01), return to work (F (2,452) = 10.3, P < 0.001), and people-oriented culture (F (2,452) = 4.5, P < 0.01). On examining disability management practices in education, hotel/motel, and health care sectors, the OPP seems to be a promising instrument that can be used to assess and monitor how employers are managing disability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns Disabled-workers Employee-health Employees Health-care-facilities Management-personnel Questionnaires Work-capability Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  217-226
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029063
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2005 Mar; 47(3):217-226
• Contact Point Address:
  Renee M. Williams, Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 1C7
• Email:
  rwilliam@mcmaster.ca
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Organization of Work
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2ff1ab0bce6df375c57fed6e16d8e98d126322fe793390c40728868c64313c0d1fe553ae282e422da805257e374c8a7ef0ece073345855fedbe0fdccacfed683
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190133/cdc_190133_DS1.pdf
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