الفروق في أبعاد الرضا الوظيفي لدى الأشخاص المعاقين فكريا بدرجة بسيطة الملتحقين ببرنامج التوظيف المدعوم وغير المدعوم

الملخص EN

This research aims to investigate the differences, if any, in the dimensions of job satisfaction among people with mild intellectual disability, whether enrolled or not enrolled in supported employment, as well as investigating the differences, if any, between males and females, in supported and unsupported employment.

The study sample consisted of (46) persons with mild intellectual disability, in the State of Kuwait, (32) of whom are enrolled in supported employment, including (16) males, and (16) females, and (14) are enrolled in unsupported employment, including (10) males, and (4) females.

The study instruments consisted of the Job Satisfaction Scale For People With Intellectual Disabilities, prepared by the researcher.

The study concluded that the personal dimension is highest dimension of job satisfaction among employees with intellectual disabilities, followed by the social dimension, the administrative dimension, the professional dimension, respectively and finally the financial dimension.

The study also found that there are no statistically significant differences in job satisfaction among persons with mild intellectual disability, joining supported and unsupported employment, at the full degree of the scale and its dimensions, except the personal dimension.

Moreover, the findings of the study concluded with that there are no statistically significant differences between the job satisfaction and the gender variable among those with intellectual disability who enrolled in either the supported or the unsupported employment at the full degree of the scale and its dimensions except the administrative and professional dimensions, which was for the females.