| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 工業科技教育研究所 === 92 === The purpose of this study was to explore the difficulties that the outstanding visually impaired had encountered in job seeking and at work, and the factors that influence their career development. The research method adopted here was the multiple-case study. Seven outstanding visually impaired people were interviewed. After the interviews, the contents were tape recorded and transcribed. Then, the transcript was coded and analyzed to establish the research findings and conclusions. The conclusions are as following:
1.The main difficulties that the outstanding visually impaired had in job seeking include: the lack of the support from non-governmental or professional organizations, lack of employment opportunities, and difficulties to start a business. There are two main coping ways employed by them for those difficulties. One is problem-focused coping; the other is seeking social supports.
2.The main difficulties that the outstanding visually impaired had at work include: individual problems, difficulties from organization, and difficulties from external environment. The main ways for them to cope with those difficulties are problem-focused coping. The second is seeking social supports. The final, used least, is emotion-focused coping.
3.There are four personal factors that influence the career development of the outstanding visually impaired. Their performance at work, psychological characteristics, individual problems and frustrations at work that ever faced.
(1) Performance at work can be divided into three aspects: the ability needed at work, working attitude, and sense of achievement.
(2) Psychological characteristics can be divided into three aspects: personality, high ambition, and the ability of self-control.
(3) Individual problems can be divided into two aspects: physical limitation, and disagreement between personal ideas or aspiration and interest with other person or job.
(4) There are two aspects-insufficient specialized ability and frustrations- at work that were ever had by them.
4.There are six environmental factors included. If he/she gain the supports from the relationship with the one who has or hasn’t gotten the resource, significant persons and events, problems encountered at work, and difficulties faced in external environment- that influence the career development of the visually impaired people.
(1)The supports from relationship with the one who hasn’t gotten the resource can be divided into two aspects: the supports, assistance and encouragements from them, and from them but lack of awareness and understanding of visually impaired people.
(2)The supports from the one who has gotten the resource can be divided into two aspects: supports, assistance and encouragements from them, or unsupported from them.
(3)The supports from the government or the professional organizations can be divided into two aspects: supports and assistance from the government and the professional organizations, and low effectiveness of government.
(4)The influence of significant persons and events can be divided into two aspects: the influences from significant persons, and diploma and assisted technological assistances and tools.
(5)The problems encountered at work can be divided into three aspects: how to get along with colleagues, insufficient supporting resources and unsound infrastructure of organization, and difficulties of management of personal business.
(6)Difficulties from external environment can be divided into two aspects: vicious competition among the industries, and disadvantages of economic conditions.
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