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Issue title: Work Rehabilitation in Hong Kong: A Recent Trend
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Chan, Eliza W.C. | Tam, S.F.
Affiliations: Department of Business Administration, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Haking Wong), Hong Kong | Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Sing-fai Tam, Ph.D., Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Tel.: +852 2766 6712; Fax: +852 2330 8656; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: The purpose of this project was to develop and pilot a web-based job placement information network aiming at enhancing the work trial and job placement opportunities of people with disabilities (PWD). Efficient uses of information technology in vocational rehabilitation were suggested to help improve PWD employment opportunities and thus enable them to contribute as responsible citizens to the society. In this preliminary study, a web-based employer network was so developed to explore Hong Kong employers' needs and intentions in employing PWD. The results indicated that Hong Kong employers generally agreed to arrange work trials for PWD whose work abilities match job requirements. They also expressed that they would offer permanent job placements to those PWD who showed satisfactory performance in work trials. The present study evidenced that using an information network could expedite communications between employers and job placement services, and thus job placement service outcomes. It is hoped that a job placement databank could thus be developed through accumulating responses from potential employers.
Keywords: Information network, job placement, employers, people with disabilities
Journal: Work, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 347-357, 2005
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