Participant Satisfaction with the Vocational Rehabilitation Process

Abstract This article is the last in a series of two that examines participant satisfaction with the vocational rehabilitation (VR) process. Disabled individuals face formidable challenges when entering the workforce. The VR process involves a complex series of interactions and relationships among participants, counselors, training professionals, ancillary service providers, and employers to help participants prepare for and find employment. In the first article, we identified six relationship dimensions that influence overall satisfaction with vocational training services and presented a highly reliable survey instrument. In part two, we look at the items within each dimension and identify those with the greatest impact on participant satisfaction. The findings show that the level of caring or concern demonstrated by the counselor, an element of the interpersonal social bond dimension, has the greatest affect on participant satisfaction with the entire VR process.

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