Purpose: This study aims to validate the impact of the disabled’s acceptance of disability onthe will to escape from being welfare recipients, and to test the mediation effect ofexperiencing employment services. Method: Structural equation modeling ...
Purpose: This study aims to validate the impact of the disabled’s acceptance of disability onthe will to escape from being welfare recipients, and to test the mediation effect ofexperiencing employment services. Method: Structural equation modeling method wasemployed to test the direct and indirect effects of the variables. The data from The PanelSurvey of Employment for the Disadvantaged(PSED) were used to analyze the researchmodel. Results: A statistically significant mediation effect of experiencing employmentservices was found between the disabled’s acceptance of disability and the will to escapefrom being welfare recipients. However, a direct effect of the disabled’s acceptance ofdisability on the will to escape from being welfare recipients was found to benon-significant. Implication: In order to facilitate the will to escape from being welfarerecipients, practical implications and policy suggestions related to employment services wereproposed.