“This is the Biggest Thing You'll Ever Do in Your Life”: Exploring the Occupations of Transgendered People

Silencing/Voicing Transgender People at Work: An Organizational Perspective

“…While the non-recognition of a given social identity may be psychologically disruptive (McLemore, 2015), when an individual's gender identity is accepted, a strong feeling of inclusion is engendered (Rundall and Vecchietti, 2010). Transgender people construct their identity in the workplace because there is a dialectical relationship between social identity (also shaped by the organization) and the occupation (Beagan et al, 2012).…”

A critical interpretive synthesis: Use of the occupational justice framework in research

“…Occupational justice was also used as an interpretive lens within secondary analysis of data collected for different research purposes (Arthanat, Simmons & Favreau, ; Beagan et al ., ; Czymoniewicz‐Klippel, ; Du Toit, Böning & Van Der Merwe, ; Paul‐Ward, ; Sakellariou & Algado, ). For example, Arthanat et al . conducted a secondary analysis of interview data to “elucidate themes of occupational justice and injustice” (p. 311) from a larger study of measurement indicators of assistive technology usability based on consumer experiences.…”

“…For example, Arthanat et al . conducted a secondary analysis of interview data to “elucidate themes of occupational justice and injustice” (p. 311) from a larger study of measurement indicators of assistive technology usability based on consumer experiences. Similarly, Beagan et al . used an occupational justice lens on a subsample from a qualitative study on “health and wellbeing of LGBTQ women” (p. 229), stating that, “this occupational analysis of stories of five transgendered participants was not the initial focus of the research. Rather, the rich occupational data contained in broader interviews demanded closer examination” (p. 229).…”

“…Within the research reviewed, the occupational justice framework was most commonly incorporated as a lens to interpret findings (Aldrich & Callanan, ; Beagan et al ., ; Galvaan, ; Guptill, ; Häggblom‐Kronlöf & Sonn, ; Holthe, Thorsen & Josephsson, ; Mirza, ; Pettersson, Iwarsson, Brandt, Norin & Månsson Lexell, ; van Niekerk, ; VanLeit, Starrett & Crowe, ). For example, Aldrich and Callanan, reflecting on an ethnographic study with discouraged workers from a rural community in North Carolina, integrated occupational injustice to interpret a theme addressing disappearance (p. 161).…”

“…Individualising of issues refers to framing a problem at the individual level, “explored only in relation to what happens to the people who experience it, rather than forces beyond the individual that bring it about” (Hocking, , p. 59). Within the articles reviewed, most authors focused on exploring individual experiences of occupational injustices (Beagan et al ., ; Czymoniewicz‐Klippel, ; Du Toit et al ., ; Gallagher et al ., ; Galvaan et al ., ; Guptill, ; Holthe et al ., ; Jakobsen, ; O'Sullivan & Hocking, ; Pettersson et al ., ; Sakellariou & Algado, ; VanLeit et al ., ). For example, Du Toit et al . explored occupational engagement of SeSotho‐speaking elders living in residential care, identifying elders’ experiences of loneliness, helplessness and boredom.…”