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Title: | Employment Discrimination against Indigenous People with Tribal Marks in Nigeria: The Painful Face of Stigma |
Authors: | Adisa, TA Mordi, C Timming, AR |
Keywords: | discrimination;employment;indigenous standpoint;Nigeria;stigma;tribal marks |
Issue Date: | 2-Jun-2023 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Citation: | Adisa, T.A., Mordi, C. and Timming, A.R. (2023) 'Employment Discrimination against Indigenous People with Tribal Marks in Nigeria The painful face of stigma', Work, Employment and Society, 0 (ahead of print), pp. 1 - 22. doi: 10.1177/09500170231173591. |
Abstract: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2023. Drawing from in-depth qualitative interviews (N = 32), this article examines the impact of indigenous tribal marks on employment chances in southwest Nigeria. It employs indigenous standpoint theory to frame the argument around what constitutes stigma and in what context. The results of our thematic analysis indicate that tribally marked job applicants and employees face significant social rejection, stigmatization and discrimination, and can suffer from severe mental illnesses and even suicidal ideation. We explain how these tribally marked individuals navigate the changing contours of tradition and modernity in Nigeria. Tribal marks, although once largely perceived as signals of beauty and high social status, are now increasingly viewed as a significant liability in the labour market. This article makes a unique and original contribution to the study of stigma and employment discrimination by eschewing the prevailing Western ethnocentrism in the extant research and instead placing the indigenous standpoint at centre stage. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/26110 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170231173591 |
ISSN: | 0950-0170 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Toyin Ajibade Adisa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-6606 ORCID iD: Andrew R Timming https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-8873 ORCID iD: Chima Mordi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1921-1660 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Business School Research Papers |
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