Optimising Strategies for Integrating People with Disabilities into Work

German EU Presidency 2007

2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All

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Ability to Handle Interpersonal Relationships (Glossary)

Jobseeker

Element:
Ability to Handle Interpersonal Relationships

Jobseeker (WP5):
A person would need to have a mild to moderate limitation in 3 countries for it to become a barrier to seeking employment, a moderate to severe limitation in 11 other countries and a severe to complete limitation in Germany for it to become a barrier to seeking paid employment.

Jobseeker

Element TO AU DK FI FR DE IRL IT M NL NO PT RO SL SI UK
Ability to Handle Interpersonal Relationships 2.3 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.2 3.0 2.3 2.7 2.1 1.9

2.1

2.8

2.3 1.3 2.6 2.7

N = 12


The scale above is based on a 4-point scale.  The question asked was “how severe would a limitation in the ability to handle interpersonal relationships need to be in order for it to become a barrier to looking for paid employment?”  The rating scale was as follows:
0 = no limitation
1 = a mild limitation
2 = a moderate limitation
3 = a severe limitation
4 = a very severe or complete limitation

If you believe that a person would need to have a mild limitation in their ability to handle interpersonal relationship in order for it to become a barrier to looking for paid employment then a score of 1 is given.  If you believe a person needs to have a moderate limitation in their ability to handle interpersonal relationships in order for it to become a barrier to looking for paid employment then a score of 2 is given and so on.

In relation to ability to handle interpersonal relationships a cut-off point of 1.5 is used.  All ratings of 1.5 and less are highlighted in orange.  Those highlighted in orange consider this element to be a severe barrier to seeking employment.

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