Diversity of Perceptions of Disability in the Workplace vs. Cultural Determinants in Selected European Countries

Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, Urszula Załuska, Cyprian Kozyra, Alicja Grześkowiak, Marzena Żurawicka and Krzysztof Polak
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Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha: Department of Logistics, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland
Urszula Załuska: Department of Logistics, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland
Cyprian Kozyra: Department of Statistics, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland
Alicja Grześkowiak: Department of Econometrics and Operational Research, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland
Marzena Żurawicka: Semiotic Solutions, Nowa Iwiczna, 05-500 Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Polak: Semiotic Solutions, Nowa Iwiczna, 05-500 Warsaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: The perception of people with disability (PwD) is of key importance for the full inclusion of this group in the labour market. The article presents selected results of research on the perception of PwD in the workplace. The analyses are based on the results of semiotics research conducted in Poland and of quantitative study in the form of computer-assisted Internet interviews (CAWI) carried out on representative samples from eight European countries. Opinions of Internet users were collected in Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Great Britain. The results of semiotic analyses on texts mainly from Polish culture made it possible to identify the prevailing images of disability in Polish popular culture and inspired the authors to seek diversity in perceptions of disability depending on social and cultural patterns in a given country. The results of the international survey were used to compare all eight countries with regard to the relationship between the dimensions of culture according to G. Hofstede, and openness to people with disability in the workplace. The conducted research indicates that the perception of the issue of disability is significantly related to the selected dimensions of culture according to G. Hofstede.

Keywords: attitudes towards people with disability; culture dimensions; analysis of survey results; semiotic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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