Chinese and American employers' perspectives regarding hiring people with behaviorally driven health conditions: The role of stigma

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2162-2169

  Corrigan, Patrick W ^a   Tsang, Hector W H ^b   Shi, Kan ^c   Lam, Chow S ^a   Larson, Jon ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Discrimination; Employers; Employment; Responsibility; Stigma; USA

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DESIGN METHOD; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHICAGO; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHICAGO; CHINA; HONG KONG; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649449260     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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