Sponsor
This research effort was supported by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health of the Regional Research Institute for Human Services, Portland State University through NIDRR Grant H133B990025. Manuscript preparation was supported in part by the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, and from the Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant 90RT5030).
Published In
Healthcare
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-24-2022
Subjects
Parents of children with disabilities -- Services for, Work and family
Abstract
Employed parents raising children with disabilities manage exceptional care responsibilities along with their work careers. This study examines the effects of targeted diversity training on human resource (HR) professionals’ knowledge of the work–family experiences of these parents, and on their self-efficacy in providing workplace supports. Using computer-based training in field settings, 64 U.S. human resource professionals in an international company participated in two diversity training sessions. Data related to knowledge and efficacy of dependent and disability care were collected before the first training and immediately after the second. HR participants demonstrated significant increases from pretest to posttest on the trained items: knowledge of dependent and disability care and self-efficacy regarding provision of workplace supports. There was no change in relevant but untrained variables over time. Training HR professionals on parents’ exceptional care responsibilities, specific community resources, and heightened self-efficacy promoted their likelihood to grant flexible work arrangements. Results suggest HR self-efficacy is developmental, building on prior knowledge of dependent care and tenure in HR positions. This is one of the first studies that address the effects of HR diversity training regarding employees providing exceptional care. Theoretical developments and implications for inclusive practices are discussed.
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Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
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DOI
10.3390/healthcare10122361
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39078
Citation Details
Stewart, L.M.; Rosenzweig, J.M.; Malsch Tamarkin, A.M.; Brennan, E.M.; Lukefahr, J. Expanding Workplace Inclusion of Employees Who Are Parents of Children with Disabilities through Diversity Training. Healthcare 2022, 10, 2361. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/healthcare10122361