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ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2024

Return-to-Work Coordinators' Perceptions of Their Roles Relative to Workers: A Discourse Analysis.

P Hopwood, E MacEachen, M Crouch, E Neiterman, E McKnight, C Malachowski

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P HopwoodSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1077-3181
E MacEachenSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. ellen.maceachen@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-6477-7650
M CrouchSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
E NeitermanSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6767-6169
E McKnightSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
C MalachowskiSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6059-5822

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WSIB Grants Program MACE2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis paper describes how Canadian Return to Work coordinators (RTWC) framed their job roles relative to workers in ways that went beyond the usual professional norms of helping worker recovery.

methodsIn-depth interviews were conducted with 47 RTWCs across Canada in 2018-2019. We used critical discourse analysis to analyze the way coordinators viewed workers in the complex, multi-stakeholder system of RTW.

resultsWe identified four ways that RTWCs positioned themselves relative to workers: as trust builders, experts, detectives and motivators. These roles reflected RTWCs position within the system; however, their discourse also contributed to the construction of a moral hierarchy that valued worker motivation and framed some workers as attempting to exploit the RTW system.

conclusionsRTWCs' positions of power in the coordination process warrant further investigation of how they exercise judgement and discretion, particularly when the process depends on their ability to weigh evidence and manage cases in what might be seen as an objective and fair manner.

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Professional RoleQualitative ResearchReturn to WorkAdultCanadaFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedMotivationDisability evaluationRehabilitationReturn to workReturn to work coordinationWorkers’ compensation

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