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Comparing and Contrasting Employers' Concerns on People with Substance Abuse in Beijing, Hong Kong and Chicago

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2015

Shenghua Jin ,
Hector W.H. Tsang ,
Yuna Jiang ,
Mandy W.M. Fong  and
Patrick W. Corrigan
Shenghua Jin
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, People's Republic of China.
Hector W.H. Tsang*
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, People's Republic of China. rshtsang@inet.polyu.edu.hk
Yuna Jiang
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, People's Republic of China.
Mandy W.M. Fong
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, People's Republic of China.
Patrick W. Corrigan
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, The Illinois Institute of Technology, United States of America.
*
*Address for correspondence: Hector W.H. Tsang, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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Abstract

The study explored and compared employers' concerns on hiring individuals with substance abuse in Chinese and Western work settings. One hundred employers from Beijing (n = 30), Hong Kong (n = 30), and Chicago (n = 40) were randomly recruited from small-sized firms and interviewed using a semi-structured interview guideline. The interview considered the following aspects: backgrounds of employers, their business and employees, hiring process and considerations, and hiring concerns towards people with substance abuse. Data were analysed using frequency count approach. Employers' concerns on hiring individuals with substance abuse in Beijing and Hong Kong focused more on communication abilities. In contrast, employers in Chicago focused more on job performance and productivity.

Keywords

substance abusepsychosisemploymentcross-culturalconcerns
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , 01 May 2010 , pp. 45 - 53
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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