ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2016
A Model of Supervisor Decision-Making in the Accommodation of Workers with Low Back Pain.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Staying at Work with Musculoskeletal Pain in a Physically Demanding Job: A Qualitative Exploration of Workers' and Managers' Perspectives.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Developing a Work Accommodation Operating Model for Workplaces and Work Ability Support Services.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Work ability meetings - Challenges and Resolutions, a survey to Finnish occupational physicians.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
- The Job Leeway Scale: Initial Evaluation of a Self-report Measure of Health-Related Flexibility and Latitude at Work.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Work as an arena for health-Supervisors' experiences with attending to employees' sick leave and return-to-work process.PloS one · 2023Article
- Work disability negotiations between supervisors and occupational health services: factors that support supervisors in work disability management.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- Role and Responsibilities of Supervisors in the Sustainable Return to Work of Workers Following a Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Obstacles to returning to work with chronic pain: in-depth interviews with people who are off work due to chronic pain and employers.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
- The work of return to work. Challenges of returning to work when you have chronic pain: a meta-ethnography.BMJ open · 2019Review
- Employers' Perspectives on Accommodating and Retaining Employees with Newly Acquired Disabilities: An Exploratory Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Article
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Abstract
Purpose To explore supervisors' perspectives and decision-making processes in the accommodation of back injured workers. Methods Twenty-three semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with supervisors from eleven Canadian organizations about their role in providing job accommodations. Supervisors were identified through an on-line survey and interviews were recorded, transcribed and entered into NVivo software. The initial analyses identified common units of meaning, which were used to develop a coding guide. Interviews were coded, and a model of supervisor decision-making was developed based on the themes, categories and connecting ideas identified in the data. Results The decision-making model includes a process element that is described as iterative "trial and error" decision-making. Medical restrictions are compared to job demands, employee abilities and available alternatives. A feasible modification is identified through brainstorming and then implemented by the supervisor. Resources used for brainstorming include information, supervisor experience and autonomy, and organizational supports. The model also incorporates the experience of accommodation as a job demand that causes strain for the supervisor. Accommodation demands affect the supervisor's attitude, brainstorming and monitoring effort, and communication with returning employees. Resources and demands have a combined effect on accommodation decision complexity, which in turn affects the quality of the accommodation option selected. If the employee is unable to complete the tasks or is reinjured during the accommodation, the decision cycle repeats. More frequent iteration through the trial and error process reduces the likelihood of return to work success. Conclusion A series of propositions is developed to illustrate the relationships among categories in the model. The model and propositions show: (a) the iterative, problem solving nature of the RTW process; (b) decision resources necessary for accommodation planning, and
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