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Differences in the valuation of ability and aptitude in the employment of persons with disabilities amongst organizations managing agricultural activities from the perspective of realizing an inclusive society
Published Apr 25, 2022 · Akane Bessho, Keisuke Sakamoto, Takahiro Yamazaki
Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan
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Abstract
Based on the ordinal logistic regression analysis of the results of the nationwide questionnaire survey on organizations engaging in agricultural activities with PwDs, this paper explored the relationships between organizational and occupational characteristics and the degree to which the organization “hired based on employment terms and applicant’s aptitude, regardless of disability” as well as “hired because an applicant had the necessary skills and qualifications” for its agricultural activities. The results suggested that abilities and aptitudes were relatively valued via agricultural setting. The results showed that when the organization was welfare-oriented, the degree to which the organization “hired based on employment terms and applicant’s aptitude, regardless of disability” as well as “hired because an applicant had the necessary skills and qualifications” were both higher compared to a case wherein the organization was agri-oriented. Moreover, as for the characteristics of activities, the degree of importance placed on the abilities and aptitudes of people with disability at the time of employment was higher in organizations that sell their own agricultural products to other agricultural management entities and in organizations where people with disability participate in agricultural sales activities. These results imply that greater cooperation between specialty of agriculture and welfare-oriented organizations would encourage PwDs to actively demonstrate their potential in agricultural activities, which has the potential to contribute to the realization of inclusive society. Lastly, several research limitations and future directions are suggested. First, this study was designed to identify the organizations that were registered in the databases related to community-based services. Thus, in order to capture a more comprehensive picture of agricultural activities involving PwDs in Japan, comparative studies with a more diverse set of agricultural enterprises, including individual farmers, is needed. Secondly, as the job types in this study are limited to types and scales of agriculture, there is a call for a study which further investigates relationships between more specific job types and characteristics of social minorities' abilities which are activated in those jobs. Furthermore, studies addressing key conditions for organizational climate, work environment, and local community that foster the abilities and aptitudes of PwDs are needed to explore the possible impacts that physical, socio-cultural, and political environments
Organizations with welfare-oriented missions are more likely to value abilities and aptitudes of PwDs in agricultural employment, contributing to an inclusive society.
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