Disabled Workers in Small Firms Editing Methodology

Differences in Job Satisfaction and Productivity Between Workers With and Without Disabilities in Large and Small Firms in Atlanta, Georgia

This chapter will discuss the methodology of the current study. Research design will be discussed followed by the research participant, instrumentation, and procedure. The purpose of this study is to fill a gap in information describing job satisfaction and productivity in workers with disabilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The purpose of providing this information is to enhance the ability of employers, job seekers, agency, and vocational planners to achieve stable, fulfilling, and productive employment for potential workers with disabilities, and additionally to explore the potential utility of further research considering performance of firms smaller than 500 employees.

Research Questions and Hypothesis

RQ1: Do workers with disabilities have higher, lower or the same perceptions of job satisfaction at larger or smaller firms?

H0: Workers with self-perceived disability will report higher job satisfaction in small firms than large firms.

RQ2: Do workers with disabilities have higher, lower or the same perceptions of productivity at larger or smaller firms?

H0: Workers with self-perceived disability will report higher productivity in small firms than large firms.

RQ3: Do workers with self-reported disabilities have higher, lower or the same perceptions of job satisfaction than workers without...

The main tool of the research is based on the self-administrated questionnaire. The target population was selected applying the simple random sampling technique. The sample size will consist of 150 workers with disability working in both large firms and small firms. The self-administrated questionnaire will be used in this study that will be divided into four parts. Part I will consist of socio-demographic factors. Part II consists of the motivational factors and incentives. Part III of the questionnaire will deal with the kind of disability the employee is suffering. Part IV will measure the entire job satisfaction. The questionnaire will be constructed on the Likert scale consisting of five different choices and items that will be based on Herzberg's theory to evaluate and gauge the level of job satisfaction among the selected employees in each respective firm under…