Employees’ perception of the factors that prevent disclosure of disability status to the employer: case of a selected higher education institution
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Date
2019
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
There is an increase in the number of people with disabilities entering, and in the
workplace. Industrialised countries are encountering a workforce that is ageing, which
makes the prevalence of disability, due to chronic illness amongst employees, more
evident. However, even with legislation and policies that support people in the
workplace, such as the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, the Broad-Based Black
Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 and the Code of Good Practice on Disability
in the Workplace, many people still choose not to disclose their disabilities. Therefore,
the main purpose of the study is to identify the perceived factors that could possibly
prevent the disclosure of disability in the workplace.
The study was conducted at one of the universities in the Western Cape. The study
was qualitative in nature and made use of semi-structured interviews. Ten participants
took part in the study and comprised of two academic staff members from each of the
faculties on the main campus. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data
where various themes and subthemes emerged.
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Magister Commercii - MCom
Keywords
Disability, Medical model, Social model, Disability types, Disability disclosure, Disclosure process, Non disclosure, Workplace, Higher education institutions, Disability legislation.