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Requesting workplace accommodations: Impact of self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and positive affect
Shengli Dong1, Ellen Fabian2, Jie Xu1
1Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems.
Rehabilitation Psychology
|August 12, 2016
Summary
Self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and positive affect significantly influence intentions for people with disabilities (PWDs) to request workplace accommodations, explaining over half the variance. Rehabilitation professionals can support PWDs by enhancing these factors through targeted training.
Area of Science:
- Rehabilitation Psychology
- Disability Studies
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Workplace accommodations are crucial for the employment of people with disabilities (PWDs).
- The decision to request accommodations involves psychological factors.
- Understanding these factors can inform interventions to support PWDs in the workplace.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the influence of self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and positive affect on the intention to request workplace accommodations.
- To examine the predictive power of these psychological constructs on accommodation request intentions among PWDs.
Main Methods:
- A quantitative, online survey study was conducted with 714 adults with disabilities.
- Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the relationships between self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, positive affect, and accommodation request intentions.
Main Results:
- Self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and positive affect collectively explained 55.1% of the variance in intentions to request workplace accommodations.
- All three psychological factors demonstrated a significant impact on accommodation request intentions.
Conclusions:
- The process of requesting workplace accommodations is influenced by cognitive and affective elements.
- Rehabilitation professionals should focus on enhancing self-efficacy and outcome expectancy through skills training.
- Emphasizing the role of positive affect is also recommended to support PWDs in requesting accommodations.
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