The purpose of this study is to prove the hypotheses of how self-esteem, self-efficacy, and disability acceptance of wage workers with physical disabilities affect job satisfaction when mediating vocational ability and interpersonal relationship ability. The subjects of this analysis comprised 880 wage workers with physical disabilities from the 2nd Wave 3rd Survey of Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled(PSED). After establishing the research model based on the theoretical bases, I built the measurement model under the assumptions that self-esteem, self-efficacy, disability acceptance influenced the job satisfaction and the influences were mediated by the occupational ability and interpersonal relationship ability.
After reviewing the model fit, I rebuilt the structural model and analyzed. The key findings are as follows. First, it was statistically significant that self-esteem of the wage workers with physical disabilities had a direct effect on occupational ability, self-efficacy on occupational ability and interpersonal relationship ability, and occupational ability had a direct effect on job satisfaction. Based on these results, it is suggested that programs to increase the self-esteem, self-efficacy, and disability acceptance of the waged workers with physical disabilities should be developed and disseminated, and to develop occupational ability and interpersonal relationship ability to improve job satisfaction and improve the quality of life.