ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2013
Buddies in bad times? the role of co-workers after a work-related injury.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Influence of Social Support and Social Integration Factors on Return to Work Outcomes for Individuals with Work-Related Injuries: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2019Pooled it
- The impact of family and work-related social support on musculoskeletal injury outcomes: a systematic review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Pooled it
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- Detection and disclosure of workplace mental health challenges: an exploratory study from India.BMC public health · 2024Article
- 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
- A Standpoint Approach to Return-to-Work Coordination: Understanding Union Roles.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Developing a Multilevel Scale to Assess Retention of Workers with Disabilities.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Workplace improvements to support safe and sustained return to work: Suggestions from a survey of workers with permanent impairments.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Workplace Organizational and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Return-to-Work Interruption and Reinjury Among Workers with Permanent Impairment.Annals of work exposures and health · 2021Article
- 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
- The Participation of People with Disabilities in the Workplace Across the Employment Cycle: Employer Concerns and Research Evidence.Journal of business and psychology · 2020Article
- Workplace Social System and Sustained Return-to-Work: A Study of Supervisor and Co-worker Supportiveness and Injury Reaction.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Application of the Theoretical Domains Framework and the Behaviour Change Wheel to Understand Physicians' Behaviors and Behavior Change in Using Temporary Work Modifications for Return to Work: A Qualitative Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Life-changing or trivial: Electricians' views about electrical accidents.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2018Article
- Implementing a collaborative return-to-work program: Lessons from a qualitative study in a large Canadian healthcare organization.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2016Article
- Job Restrictions for Healthcare Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders: Consequences from the Superior's Viewpoint.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Return-to-Work Within a Complex and Dynamic Organizational Work Disability System.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionCo-workers can play an important role after a work-related injury. They can provide details about the circumstances of an accident, offer emotional support to the injured worker and help with job tasks upon a co-worker's return to work (RTW). Working with an injured co-worker, however, can also strain work relationships and increase workload. The purpose of this study was to determine the role that co-workers play after a work-related injury and during the RTW process in the unionized, electrical construction sector.
methodsWe conducted two focus groups with injured electricians and union representatives. We also interviewed co-workers who had worked with someone who had been injured in the course of employment. We examined the role that co-workers can play after a work-related injury and some of the factors facilitating and hindering co-worker support.
resultsThe structure of work in the electrical sector-a focus on cost-cutting and competition, job insecurity, perceptions of "different camps" among co-workers, little modified work and poor formal communication-can impede co-worker support and contribute to making injured workers' experiences difficult. Management can play an important role in setting an example for how injured workers are regarded and treated.
conclusionsFuture research should explore how workers can better be supported after a work-related injury and during the RTW process.
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