Empowering Public Sector Employees With Disabilities: The Impact of DEIA Initiatives on Experience, Welfare, and Performance Confidence

People with disabilities have long faced barriers to employment and career advancement due to persistent stigmatization. Although diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives have gained attention in public administration, their impact on employees with disabilities remains underexplored. This study investigates how DEIA initiatives influence the experience, welfare, and performance confidence of disabled civil servants in Indonesian government institutions. Using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM), the analysis incorporates confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural model evaluation, along with hypothesis testing. The findings highlight positive relationships between DEIA initiatives and the experience, welfare, and performance confidence, as well as between employee experience and welfare and performance confidence among individuals with disabilities. This study addresses a pressing issue in workplace environments, offering insights to inform the development of more effective HR practices aimed at overcoming these challenges.