Development of a Multidimensional Scale to Measure Attitudes Toward Workers With a Disability

Existing measures of attitudes toward individuals with a disability have been shown to suffer from several shortcomings in their application in organizational settings. Indirect measurement has been beyond the scope of most organizations due to the complex and expensive implementation of these methods. Direct measures have been shown to be susceptible to threats to internal validity, such as reactivity and socially desirable responding. Further, existing direct measures have focused on unidimensional aspects of attitudes toward individuals with disabilities. Research, however, has demonstrated that attitudes are multidimensional in nature. There is a need for a multidimensional scale to tap those underlying factors. This study involves the development of a multidimensional, paper and pencil measure of attitudes toward individuals with a disability.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Kegley, John

• Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/532

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1535