Nielsen, K. orcid.org/0000-0001-9685-9570 and Yarker, J. (2020) Job crafting as a work adjustment strategy for workers returning after long-term sickness absence due to common mental disorders. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 43 (2). pp. 154-158. ISSN 0342-5282
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the way workers with common mental disorders use job crafting to adjust their work to their levels of functioning after returning from long-term sick leave. Thirty-eight workers who had returned within the last 24 months from sickness absence due to common mental disorders were interviewed using semistructured interviews. Questions were asked about how they job crafted to match their changed needs for work functioning post-return. To interpret the results we coded the data according to the Wrzesniewski and Dutton typology of job crafting and conducted thematic analysis. We identified task, relational and cognitive job crafting strategies that workers had employed after returning to work. Our findings have important implications for how managers and organizations can support workers to make adjustments that enable them to stay and thrive at work with reduced work functioning.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. |
Keywords: | return to work; job crafting; qualitative study; common mental disorders |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2020 15:14 |
Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000398 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155766 |