Abstract
One of the ‘grand challenges’ of our time, confronting societies around the world, is the sustained integration of stigmatized individuals into formal employment in organizations. Working in the context of people with criminal convictions, we explore how ‘reentry organizations’ – social enterprises working to support individuals’ transitions back into society – function as central social-symbolic actors that engage to convince and convert employers to give individuals leaving prison a chance and prepare people with convictions for the job search process. Our study highlights the multidirectional role of stigma-reduction work by such ‘ally’ organizations and shows how they contribute to the stigma reduction for the stigmatized. Overall, we thus present a case of how social-symbolic work can promote the inclusion of stigmatized groups into society and reduce inequality.
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