Flexibility and visibility. An examination of the narratives of Norwegian people with disabilities about working part-time

This article addresses the narrated strategies employed by people with disabilities in managing part-time employment, drawing on interview data from 10 Norwegian citizens who worked part-time in addition to receiving a graded disability pension. The findings illustrate that flexibility and visibility are specific strategies that our informants implement when health issues and reduced working hours result in weakened connections to the workplace. The article demonstrates how the discourses around paid employment facilitate these strategies. By providing insight into people's narrated experiences of engaging in part-time work with disabilities, the article offers significant recommendations into the conditions necessary for people with disabilities to remain employed while also in receipt of graded disability pensions.RésuméParmi les travailleurs handicapés, plusieurs ont des emplois à temps partiel. Cependant, la recherche sur la relation entre handicap et travail à temps partiel n’a que partiellement éclaircit la façon dont les personnes handicapées qui reçoivent une pension d’invalidité complète ou partielle perçoivent et gèrent l’articulation entre travail à temps partiel et leur pension. Cet article s’intéresse aux stratégies employées par les personnes handicapées, tel qu’elles le racontent, pour gérer cette articulation. Le travail à temps partiel, utilisant les données d’entretiens avec 10 citoyens norvégiens sont mobilisées. Les rés...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - Category: Disability Source Type: research