Abstract
The present study explores resilient and proactive strategies that Korean transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people utilize in face of barriers and discrimination in their job search process. Participants were 16 Korean TNB adults living in South Korea who identified as trans men (n = 7), trans women (n = 6), and nonbinary (n = 3), whose ages ranged from 24 to 37 years old (M = 29.6, SD = 4.0). Using constructivist grounded theory methodology, we developed a theoretical framework that explains barriers that puts TNB workers at risk of career interruption as well as resilient strategies they adopt within the job search process to sustain their careers. Findings indicate that despite facing systematic barriers and discrimination during job search, TNB individuals demonstrate notable resilience and resistance, actively paving their career pathways. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of the proposed theoretical framework of TNB people’s job search experiences.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Career Assessment |
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| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2025 |
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Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2025. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Keywords
- Korea
- grounded theory
- job search
- resilience
- resistance
- strength
- transgender and nonbinary
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
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