Disabled persons' job interview experiences: stories of discrimination, uncertainty and recognition

This paper explores disabled persons' narrated experiences from job interviews. Based on interviews with employed disabled persons in the United States and Norway, the analysis investigates how the informants understand and deal with employers' interpretations of disability. Three kinds of...

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Published in:Disability & society 2014-04, Vol.29 (4), p.597-610
Main Author: Vedeler, Janikke Solstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acknowledgment
Certainty
Competence
cross-country comparison
Disability
Disabled persons
Discourse
Discrimination
Employers
Employment
Employment Discrimination
Employment interviews
Handicapped
Interviews
job interview
narrative
Narratives
Norway
Norwegian language
People with disabilities
Physically Handicapped
Recognition
Respondents
U.S.A
Uncertainty
United States of America
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Summary:This paper explores disabled persons' narrated experiences from job interviews. Based on interviews with employed disabled persons in the United States and Norway, the analysis investigates how the informants understand and deal with employers' interpretations of disability. Three kinds of stories are identified: discrimination, uncertainty and recognition. In the first two stories, informants portrayed employers who used a non-inclusive discourse of disability. In the story of recognition, informants perceived employers to be primarily interested in their competence, and disability was dealt with in an inclusive manner. The comparison between American and Norwegian accounts reveals striking similarities in disabled persons' narratives.
ISSN:0968-7599
1360-0508
DOI:10.1080/09687599.2013.831748