Assessing the effects of experience on attitudes about employability of people with mental illness: A comparative study of the U.S. and South Korea
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: discrimination against people with disabilities, both physical and mental (The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2005).The law requires employers to make reasonable accommodations in the areas of hiring, firing, compensation, and job training.Reasonable accommodations would be adjusting the work environment, job requirement, and job function in order to give a chance for the qualified disabled individual to take equal benefits and privileges of employment (The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2005).Nevertheless, discriminatory practices are still reported.A recent national survey, for example, reports that the unemployment rate of people with mental illness is three to five times higher than those with no psychiatric disorders (Sturm, Gresenz, Pacula, & Wells, 1999).Alexander and Link (2003) argued that the general public attitudes of the employability toward people suffering from mental illness also have an important impact since communities have the power to change services, policy, and legislation related to work environments.However, there is little research on what the public thinks about the ability of people with mental illness to perform their jobs competently.In order to make the work environment better, specific examination of the public's attitudes and beliefs toward the employability of people with mental illness should be conducted.Stigma is a phenomenon shaped by cultural and historical forces (Dovidio, Major, & Crocker, 2000).Cross-cultural research on mental health contributes to a better understanding of the nature and characteristics of attitudes toward mental illness in different contexts (Hui & Triandis, 1985).Recently, there is an increasing importance of cultural differences in the mental health area (Okazaki & Sue, 1995).Different cultural backgrounds may lead people to show different attitudes toward people with mental Note: 1.Only significant path lines are presented due to the process of making the best fit model for this research.
Author: Seungah Ryu
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2341716315