ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2013
Bearing the brunt: co-workers' experiences of work reintegration processes.
Article in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Return-to-Work Experiences in Ontario Policing: Injured But Not Broken.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Return-to-Work After Work-Related Injury in the Construction Sector: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Article
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- Tools Appraisal of Organizational Factors Associated with Return-to-Work in Workers on Sick Leave Due to Musculoskeletal and Common Mental Disorders: A Systematic Search and Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Review
- Managing and Mitigating Suffering in the Return-to-Work Process.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Chronic Diseases & Employment: An Overview of Existing Training Tools for Employers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- Workplace Social System and Sustained Return-to-Work: A Study of Supervisor and Co-worker Supportiveness and Injury Reaction.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Interrelationship Between Organizational and Relational Aspects and the Return-to-Work Process: A Case Study with Nursing Professionals at a Teaching Hospital in Brazil.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Workplace Outcomes in Work-Disability Prevention Research: A Review with Recommendations for Future Research.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Review
- Implementing a collaborative return-to-work program: Lessons from a qualitative study in a large Canadian healthcare organization.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2016Article
- Return-to-Work Within a Complex and Dynamic Organizational Work Disability System.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Job Restrictions for Healthcare Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders: Consequences from the Superior's Viewpoint.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Union perceptions of factors related to the return to work of employees with depression.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Early-return-to-work in the context of an intensification of working life and changing employment relationships.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeWork disability research has found co-worker support to be a significant but under-recognised aspect of work reintegration (WR) processes. Although co-workers work alongside returning workers, their practical contribution to WR success or failure is often invisible to others. This study aimed to gain further insight into the role and contribution of co-workers in WR interventions.
methodAn exploratory qualitative pilot study was conducted in Toronto, Canada in 2011. Three focus groups were conducted with 13 co-workers, recruited for their direct experience of 'working alongside' a returning worker. An iterative data gathering and analysis process occurred. Themes were generated from categories in open-ended interview questions and new issues arising from the data.
findingsThe findings detail co-workers' practical experiences of WR processes and their reflections on social and work conditions that impacted their participation. Co-workers' capacity to support returning workers was related to the quality of the WR arrangements, the relationship with the returning worker, work culture, and the duration of the required support. Workplace privacy and confidentiality requirements were identified as a key challenge for co-worker participation. The effects on co-workers of WR processes ranged from the opportunity to learn new skills to disillusionment and withdrawal from the workplace. In worst case scenarios, 'ripple effects' including emotional distress, physical injury and termination of co-workers' employment had occurred.
conclusionCo-workers are not a neutral party in WR procedures. Formalizing the co-worker role to include communication, consideration and recognition might improve co-workers' WR experiences.
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