여성장애인의 직업 선택 및 유지 과정 경험에 관한 질적 연구

This study explores the experience of women with disability in choosing and maintaining their jobs. It is the aim of study to find social welfare implications based on the pragmatic understanding of their experience. This research uses in-depth individual interviews and focus-group interviews. Participants are 16 women with disability, who have experiences in finding and maintaining employment. Collected data are analysed using Strauss and Corbin's (2001) method of asking questions and constant comparison. Research results are as follows. The whole process of job selection and maintenance experienced by women with disability can be divided into 4 stages and these stages experienced by women with disability are not simply limited to adulthood. It is not a temporary or fragmentary process but one that continues throughout life and is identified as "an experience of exclusion and adaption during occupational socialization of women with disability". Noticeably, this study finds that the exclusion experience by women with disability has resulted in fragmentary and recurring occupational socialization. Furthermore, the job status of women with disability is not attributed to the lack of job rehabilitation training or service during adulthood but is the outcome of interaction between various elements starting from the early job preparation period. The findings of this study can contribute to the basis of theoretical discussion about disabled women`s job choice and maintenance. Finally, this study suggests ways to minimize the exclusion on disabled women in the arena of occupational socialization - family, school and society. Those approaches can have implications in carrying out social welfare practices.