What organisational culture fosters resilience in the ex-offender in the workplace?

监狱作为康复手段似乎并不奏效。初步研究表明，个人适应力是前罪犯获得并继续工作的关键。然而，研究表明（YouGov， 2016年和MOJ， 2018年），一半的雇主不愿意雇用有前科的人，因为担心他们的企业声誉风险，以及缺乏社交和能力技能。在支持囚犯找到和维持有意义的工作方面仍然存在差距。如何改变围绕个别前罪犯的制度，使他们更有可能获得并继续工作，是一个迫切需要关注的问题。目前缺乏对工作场所应对监禁和释放挑战的弹性的研究（Markson et al., 2015）。适应力不是个体拥有的东西，而是一个发展过程（Cicchetti, 2010:145）。将这一理论应用到那些已经发展出适应能力的前罪犯身上，是我想进一步探索的一个研究领域。我的个人经历构成了我进行这项研究的部分动机。我的目标是进行15次定性、半结构化的访谈，重点关注韧性的积极故事，这些故事可能由个人积极适应困难和/或其他人支持他们来证明（Hart和Aumann， 2017）。我的研究对经济社会福利和社会支持有潜在的影响。

Prison as rehabilitation does not seem to be working.Preliminary research suggests personal resilience is key to the ex-offender obtaining and remaining in work. However, studies show (YouGov, 2016 and MOJ, 2018) show that half of employers are unwilling to employ ex-offenders due to concerns over the reputational risk to their business and the lack of social and capability skills. There remains a gap in support for prisoners finding and maintaining meaningful employment. How to effect change in the systems that surround individual ex-offenders such that they are more likely to gain and remain in work, is of pressing concern.Research into resilience in the workplace in response to the challenges of imprisonment and release is lacking (Markson et al., 2015). Resilience is not something an individual has [but] a developmental process (Cicchetti, 2010:145). Applying this theory to the ex-offender who has developed resilience, despite disadvantage is an area of research I would like to explore further. My personal experience forms part of my motivation for this study. I aim to conduct fifteen qualitative, semi-structured interviews focussing on positive stories of resilience, potentially demonstrated by individuals positively adapting to hardship and/or others supporting them (Hart and Aumann, 2017). My research has potential implications for economic social welfare and social support.