Gap Analysis

Theoretical /Conceptual gap

Contextual gap
 Theoretical /Conceptual gap

According to Bento, White and Zacur (2012) stigma

studies regarding its affects at workplace is very
deficient. Although its high prevalence results in a
number of negative effects (Judge & Cable, 2011) but
still there is dearth of literature on stigma at
workplace and especially when it comes to HCV
stigma because very little attention has been given
towards this issue.
 Contextual gap

In previous studies of stigma, there has not been

direct assessment across cultural contexts
(Kalichmanet al., 2005; Reidpath, Brijnath, & Chan,
2005). Brohan, Slade , Clement , Thornicroft (2010)
argued that a logical assessment about the stigma
research shows that only 5 out of 57 studies have been
performed on Asian population which shows that in
Asia the research on stigma has been highly
neglected. Hofstede (1980) and Triandis (1995) argued
it as a main error in existing literature that there is
lack of context specific research