Patterns and correlates of workplace disclosure among professionals and managers with psychiatric conditions
By M. Ellison, Zlatka Russinova, K. MacDonald-Wilson, Asya Lyass. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2003
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Objective: This study identifies patterns and correlates of disclosure among professionals and managers with serious psychiatric conditions. Design: A national mail survey of such respondents was conducted. Results: A large proportion (87%) of study participants reported having disclosed their mental illness. About half of the disclosers reported unfavorable circumstances leading to disclosure while one third disclosed when they felt comfortable. Most frequently, respondents disclosed to supervisors; one third made their disability known when applying for the job. About half of the respondents had no regrets about disclosing. Multivariate analysis showed that correlates with the occurrence, timing, and choice of disclosure converge around constructs related to job confidence, empowerment, and recovery. We also describe those who chose not to disclose. Conclusion: Higher rates than previously reported and better experiences with disclosure were evident and may be related to this population's greater recovery as well as to occupational factors.
Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science
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Citations in the corpus
- Out of the Box? How Managing a Subordinate’s Multiple Identities Affects the Quality of a Manager-Subordinate Relationship (2015, unknown): “exclude certain identities to protect him/herself from heightened scrutiny (Kanter, 1977) or “hypervisibility” (Blake-Beard & Roberts, 2004), the backlash effect (Rudman, 1998), stigmatization (Ragins, Singh, & Cornwell, 2007), or discriminatory treatment (Ellison et al., 2003).”
- Trans-Parency in the Workplace: How the Experiences of Transsexual Employees Can Be Improved. (2011, background): “…study because the topic of our investigation (disclosing a hidden stigmatized characteristic at work) may be very similar, regardless of the type of stigma that is being revealed (Dalgin & Gilbride, 2003; Ellison et al., 2003; Emlet, 2006; Figueiredo, Fries, & Ingram, 2003; see Wilton, 2006).”
- Disability in the Workplace (2016, background): “Other cited disclosure motivations are a need for accommodations, desire to make a supervisor aware of potential disability symptoms that could be misinterpreted (Ellison et al., 2003; Madaus, 2008), or for the benefit of others (Chaudoir & Fisher, 2010).”