"Are You Authorized to Work in the U.S.?" Investigating "Inclusive" Practices in Rhetoric and Technical Communication Job Descriptions. Issue 2 (3rd April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Walwema, Josephine; Arzu Carmichael, Felicita
• Is Part Of: Technical communication quarterly. Volume 30:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 107
• Page End: 122
• Publication Date: 2021-04-03
• Subjects: Eligibility -- authorization -- international scholars -- job descriptions -- application portals -- diversity -- exclusionary; Technical writing -- Periodicals; Technical writing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 808.0666
• DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2020.1829072
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1057-2252

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper studies the language of job descriptions in rhetoric and technical and professional communication to explore how this language might be exclusionary of international scholars. Through critical discourse analysis, we reviewed current U.S. labor and immigration laws and contrasted those laws with the language of hiring documents. We found that hiring documents do not always align with U.S. labor and immigration laws and consequently hinder the hiring prospects of international scholars.