The Impact of Job Satisfaction on Employee Engagement in Organizations Adopting Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities: A Study on Low Vision and Visually Impaired Employees
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Wafaa Mohamed Shoukry , Professor Adel Ahmed Zayed ,
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Abstract
This study examines the impact of job satisfaction on employee engagement among low vision and visually impaired employees working in organisations that have adopted assistive technology in Egypt. The study focuses on the relationship between job satisfaction and employee engagement and examines whether assistive technology adoption moderates this relationship.
Disability is an important social and economic issue both globally and in Egypt. International and national estimates indicate that a significant proportion of the population lives with some form of disability. In Egypt, different estimates have been reported because disability can be measured using different approaches, including medical classifications and functional difficulty measures. These differences highlight the importance of using inclusive approaches when understanding disability and planning employment and workplace support (UNDP Egypt, 2023; WHO, 2023).
Keywords
job Satisfaction, technology, impaired employees
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