ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: A QUALITATIVE APPROACH

Abstract

Sustainable employment shares the concept of employment in which both parties benefit by interaction of the employee and the employer. The aim of this study was to have insightful information about the issues on the environment influences of permanent employment of persons with visual loss. Qualitative case study research design was employed to do the following checking of environment factors in details and depth. Triangular data in visual loss were taken as collected by the employers and observed on employees with visual loss among the colleagues. The data of 15 employees with visual loss in their eyes were sampled using objective sampling as the method which was adopted, and 10 employers and fellow workers in 15 different educational institutions within the province of Punjab were observed. The interview key was developed to gather information. It is the interview guide which was prepared under the influence of a number of indicators of environmental determinants of a lasting employment: among these parameters such should be listed an access to furniture, an access to the materials, and technological innovation. The social model of disability was used to form the interview guide. Thematic data analysis was applied in the interpretation of data. Installed by the researcher, translated the interviews, and read the interviews again and again. Then researcher codes and themes were prepared from collected data. It was found that with the employee's visual loss, they faced various hurdles of durable environmental factors and employment at the workplace. Viewed colleagues and employers told that employees were not known about the use of the latest technologies with visual loss in the workplace. Recommendations were provided based on the findings.

Keywords: Employees with environmental factors, supportable employment, and visual impairments.