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Marketplace stigma: customers’ stigmatization of employees with hepatitis C virus

Mohamad Saad Mohamad (Department of Psychology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt) (The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt)
Ahmed Amin Mohamed (Department of Human Resources, German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt)

Journal of Management Development

ISSN: 0262-1711

Article publication date: 14 November 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate the first instrument to measure the source of customers’ stigmatization of employees with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Egypt.

Design/methodology/approach

The development and validation processes unfolded as follows: an item pool was generated from focus groups and previous studies on stigma; the initial instrument was evaluated by three experts and pilot-tested; the instrument was used to collect data from 500 Egyptian consumers to determine its dimensionality; to test this structure, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on a new sample of 300 Egyptian consumers.

Findings

Exploratory factor analysis showed that the instrument captures three factors: devaluation, avoidance and pity. Results confirmed that customers’ stigmatization of employees with HCV is a multidimensional construct that is manifested in these three dimensions.

Originality/value

Despite the importance of disease stigma, management scholars have not given it sufficient attention. This paper offers new insights into the study of a particular type of workplace discrimination and ways of measuring it.

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Acknowledgements

This research is funded by the Science and Technology Development Fund in Egypt.

Citation

Mohamad, M.S. and Mohamed, A.A. (2016), "Marketplace stigma: customers’ stigmatization of employees with hepatitis C virus", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 35 No. 10, pp. 1219-1231. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-05-2015-0079

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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