The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in explaining employers’ hiring intentions of people who are blind or visually impaired (B/VI). Participants were 388 hiring managers who completed an online survey that included the four TPB construct measures (attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral control, and intent to hire). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to determine the suitability of the measurement model, and structural equation modeling was used to test the structural model. The proposed TPB structural model provided good data fit; attitudes about productivity, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control accounted for more than 61% of the variance in intent to hire people who are blind. Attitudes about productivity of a blind employee had the strongest relationship with intent to hire, followed by subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. Rehabilitation professionals who work with B/VI individuals should educate employers about how this population can perform the employers’ jobs to improve attitudes about productivity. They should consider employers’ subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, which could be influenced by providing disability awareness presentations to company employees and maintaining a relationship with employers, thus enabling employers to have access to qualified applicants.

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雇主雇用盲人或视力障碍者的意图：对计划行为理论的测试

本研究的目的是检验计划行为理论 (TPB) 在解释雇主雇用盲人或视障人士 (B/VI) 的意图方面的效用。参与者是 388 名招聘经理，他们完成了一项在线调查，其中包括四个 TPB 构建措施（态度、主观规范、行为控制和招聘意图）。验证性因子分析（CFA）用于确定测量模型的适用性，结构方程模型用于测试结构模型。提议的 TPB 结构模型提供了良好的数据拟合；对生产力、主观规范和感知行为控制的态度占雇用盲人意图差异的 61% 以上。对盲人员工生产力的态度与雇用意图的关系最强，其次是主观规范和感知行为控制。与 B/VI 个人一起工作的康复专业人员应该教育雇主这些人如何履行雇主的工作，以提高对生产力的态度。他们应该考虑雇主的主观规范和感知的行为控制，这可能会受到向公司员工提供残疾意识演示和与雇主保持关系的影响，从而使雇主能够接触到合格的申请人。与 B/VI 个人一起工作的康复专业人员应该教育雇主这些人如何履行雇主的工作，以提高对生产力的态度。他们应该考虑雇主的主观规范和感知的行为控制，这可能会受到向公司员工提供残疾意识演示和与雇主保持关系的影响，从而使雇主能够接触到合格的申请人。与 B/VI 个人一起工作的康复专业人员应该教育雇主这些人如何履行雇主的工作，以提高对生产力的态度。他们应该考虑雇主的主观规范和感知的行为控制，这可能会受到向公司员工提供残疾意识演示和与雇主保持关系的影响，从而使雇主能够接触到合格的申请人。