Factors affecting decisions about making business facilities accessible for disabled persons

Author

Sonja E. Johnson

Publication Date

1988

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Miller, Charles E.

Degree Name

M.A. (Master of Arts)

Legacy Department

Department of Psychology

LCSH

Architecture and the physically handicapped

Abstract

This research project examined the factors that affect (1) business owners' decisions about whether or not to make their facilities accessible to disabled persons, and (2) citizens' beliefs that businesses need to provide access for disabled persons. Using M. Fishbein and I. Ajzen's Theory of Reasoned Action (published in 1975), it was expected that the following factors would play a role in such a decision: (a) the consequences of making a decision to provide access, (b> a person's social normative beliefs (i.e., perceptions that relevant reference groups think the behavior should be engaged in), and

Comments

Bibliography: pages [62]-65.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Sonja E., "Factors affecting decisions about making business facilities accessible for disabled persons" (1988). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 3054.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/3054

Extent

vii, 93 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

Rights Statement

In Copyright

Rights Statement 2

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Media Type

Text