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

监狱改过自新似乎并不奏效。初步研究表明，个人韧性是有前科的罪犯获得并保持工作的关键。然而，研究(YouGov，2016和MoJ，2018)显示，由于担心企业声誉风险以及缺乏社交和能力技能，一半的雇主不愿雇用有前科的人。在支持囚犯找到和维持有意义的就业方面仍然存在差距。如何改变围绕着个别罪犯的制度，使他们更有可能获益并留在工作岗位，这是一个紧迫的问题。缺乏对工作场所应对监禁和释放挑战的复原力的研究(Markson等人，2015年)。韧性不是个体具有的东西，而是一个发展过程(Cicchetti，2010：145)。将这一理论应用于已经发展出韧性的前科罪犯，尽管他们处于不利地位，这是我想进一步探索的一个研究领域。我的个人经历是我进行这项研究的部分动机。我的目标是进行15次定性的半结构化访谈，重点关注积极的韧性故事，潜在地通过个人积极适应困难和/或其他支持他们的人来展示(Hart和Aumann，2017)。我的研究对经济、社会福利和社会支持具有潜在的影响。

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.