Employment of Handicapped People in Leisure Occupations.

Autor/inn/en	Compton, David M.; Vinton, Dennis A.
Institution	President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC.
Titel	Employment of Handicapped People in Leisure Occupations.
Quelle	, (32 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affirmative Action; Employer Attitudes; Employment Level; Employment Opportunities; Employment Patterns; Employment Practices; Employment Problems; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); National Surveys; Part Time Employment; Physical Disabilities; Recreation; Seasonal Employment; Service Occupations; State of the Art Reviews; Tourism; Underemployment; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitgeberinteresse; Beschäftigungsgrad; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Berufspraxis; Beschäftigungssituation; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Part-time employment; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Re-creation; Erholung; Seasonal work; Saisonarbeit; Dienstleistungsberuf; Entwicklungsstand; Tourismus; Unterbeschäftigung; USA
Abstract	In response to the need for up-to-date information on employment opportunities for handicapped people in the leisure occupations, a national survey was conducted to determine both existing levels of employment and employer practices. The survey was sent to 500 agencies and businesses representing four leisure occupational subclusters: travel, tourism, and hospitality; leisure entertainment products and enterprises; resource based services; and community based recreation and park services. Based on 155 responses, the findings include the following: (1) 43% of the respondents hired the handicapped on a full-time basis; (2) agencies in the community-based recreation subcluster hired the largest percentage of handicapped individuals; (3) the majority of agencies employing the handicapped on a full-time basis were agencies with large numbers of employees; (4) while 70% of the respondents hired employees on a part-time basis, only 17% hired the handicapped; (5) while 66% of the respondents hired employees on a seasonal basis, only 15% hired the handicapped; (6) 75% of the respondents hired handicapped individuals at the lowest three levels (unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled), and (7) although 65% of the respondents advocated the employment of handicapped persons, there is a sizable gap between this position and their actual employment practices. (Job families, hierarchy of sample jobs, and resource references for each of the four subclusters are appended.) (EM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC