Employment of deaf people as influenced by potential employers' perceptions: pathological compared with sociocultural perspectives

    Authors

    J. J. Vogel;C. F. Keating

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. J. Rehabil. Res.

    Keywords

    deaf; hearing impaired; employment deaf culture; SELF-ESTEEM; ADULTS; Rehabilitation

    Abstract

    Two basic perspectives contrast how people perceive deafness: the pathological and sociocultural perspectives. The pathological perspective focuses on the medical issues related to hearing impairment. The sociocultural perspective views deafness as a cultural difference. This study investigated whether these perspectives influenced assessments of deaf job candidates in a mock hiring scenario. Undergraduates were given information supporting either the pathological or sociocultural perspectives. They later rated deaf and hearing job candidates who were presented as having identical qualifications. The hypothesis was not supported in this study; the experiment did not significantly alter the views of future prospective employers. Also, education about the deaf culture did not appear to have an impact on deaf and hearing relations. (c) 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

    Journal Title

    International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    181

    Last Page

    183

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000229849600014

    ISSN

    0342-5282

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