Author: Kathryn Kay ShowalterPublisher:
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Category : Intimate partner violence
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Interviews with individual survivors of IPV were also conducted for this study in a large Midwestern city. Participants receiving services at a partner agency were interviewed about their experiences of employment instability, workplace disruptions (including with technology), and their perceptions of policy and practices that employers use to support employees experiencing abuse. Findings revealed that survivors suffered a range of employment instability forms (e.g. missing hours of work and forced resignation) when they were experiencing IPV. Further, technology (i.e. computers and cell phones) was used to harass nearly every participant interviewed. Survivors had constructive feedback and practical suggestions for employers based on their experiences managing employment with IPV. Findings from FFCW and individual interviews were integrated into a convergent mixed methods portion of the study. Using three forms of employment instability to create parallel (i.e. missing hours of work, losing weeks worked, and unemployment), the study expanded upon current knowledge. While there were differences between findings of missing hours of work, integrated results offer explanation to the inconsistency in related literature on employment instability types as well as duration of abuse’s effect on employment. Insights for practitioners, policy makers, and future researchers are discussed.