Research
Organisations estimate that people with disability make up only between 4% to 7% of their workforce, while 25% of workers actually identify as having a disability or health condition that limits their functionality.
This disparity is partly a result of low rates of illness disclosure in organisations, which itself reflects concerns about stigma and the low priority given to chronic illness in workplace diversity and inclusion agendas.
Because chronic illness often remains invisible in the workplace, few organisations are aware of the impact it has on individual employees, and by extension, on overall organisational performance. Gathering good quality data about chronic illness is essential if your organisation wants to support chronically ill employees to do their best work.
Quantitative research
We have created a customisable survey for organisations who want to better understand the impact of chronic illness on their employees and on their business.
The survey data provides baseline information on a range of metrics including;
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the prevalence of chronic illness
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disclosure frequency
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perceived barriers to disclosure
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reasonable adjustment requests
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experiences of discrimination
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perceptions of organisational support
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people leader competencies
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people leader attitudinal biases
Because of the customisable nature of the survey, it can be designed to be deployed across the organisation, or for specific target groups. e.g. employees with chronic illness, people managers, HR leaders etc.
Cultural Value will work with you to customise your survey tool, manage the data collection process, conduct the analysis, and present the findings in a visually compelling and easy-to-understand format.
Survey Findings: People leaders
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Qualitative research
For a deeper dive into your organisational culture and the perspectives of your employees, we offer a range of qualitative research options including focus groups, interviews, case studies, action research and organisational ethnography.
Qualitative approaches can be useful for those organisations that are interested in exploring issues in some depth and have a genuine desire to understand employee experiences at the ground level in order to affect cultural change.
One of the powerful things about qualitative research is it's ability to creating affecting narratives for change. While we all love a good report, Cultural Value also uses the data gathered from interviews, focus groups etc, and can turn them into simple, visual storytelling that capture the potency of the stories we're are privileged to hear.
