Title :
HIV Related Stigma and Collectivism Orientation Acting as Predictors of Unemployment of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Author :
Liu, Ying ; Canada, Kelli ; Shi, Kan ; Corrigan, Patrick
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Psychol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
HIV related stigma is regarded as one of the major barriers that prevent PLWHA from returning back to normal life. The current study builds on previous research regarding barriers to employment among PLWHA by investigating the role of perceived incompetence in addition to the fear of contagion from the viewpoint of employers in charge of recruiting new employees, which is crucial in verifying the perception of PLWHA and helpful in overcoming employment barriers. The function of collectivism is also discussed in this paper.
Keywords :
diseases; unemployment; HIV related stigma; PLWHA perception; collectivism function; contagion fear; people living with HIV-AIDS; perceived incompetence role; unemployment predictor; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Cultural differences; Decision making; Employment; Human immunodeficiency virus; Interviews; Psychology;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6579-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2011.5998044
