Organizational Narratives and the Construction of a Prototypical Disabled Employee

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 10748
Author(s):  
Mukta Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Narratives

scholarly journals Becoming Job-Ready? Narratives of Local Welfare-to-Work Programs and Client Experiences Across Differing Economic Contexts in California

2021 ◽  
pp. 104438942110484
Author(s):  
Lucia M. Lanfranconi ◽  
Aditi Das ◽  
Joy Subaran ◽  
Patricia Malagon
Keyword(s):  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
Client Characteristics ◽  
Client Experiences ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Individual Client ◽  
Organizational Narratives ◽  
The Individual

Previous research on welfare-to-work exits has focused on individual client characteristics rather than local economic contexts. Drawing on a qualitative comparative case study design, this study enhances our understanding on how welfare-to-work organizational narratives and client experiences of becoming job-ready are shaped across two different economic contexts. In the disadvantaged economic context, a punitive welfare-to-work narrative is operational resulting in clients accepting precarious work. In the more privileged economic context, the individual responsibility narrative dominates as clients struggle to make ends meet. Our findings highlight how regional economic factors shape organizational narratives and impel clients to accept precarious low wage working conditions and unstable housing. Thus, there is a need for alternatives to welfare-to-work, such as unconditional, Universal Basic Income.

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