Ladekjær Larsen Eva, Labriola Merete, Vinther Nielsen Claus, Schultz Petersen Kirsten
a MarselisborgCentret, CFK - Public Health and Quality Improvement, Central Denmark Region , Aarhus , Denmark .
Disabil Rehabil. 2015;37(20):1839-48. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2014.982831. Epub 2015 Jul 9.
Contemporary return-to-work (RTW) policies in Denmark and other welfare nations recommend employees on long-term sick leave, due to physical or mental health problems, to RTW gradually. Factors that influence the process of work reintegration (WR) is well documented, however, co-workers experiences of this process are a rather new research topic. Moreover, in the context of the present research, no studies have so far explored the workplace as an arena for social interaction. The aim of this study was to explore co-workers' experiences of the reintegration process and how these experiences are related to social positions at the workplace.
Ethnographic fieldwork was conducted at two nursing homes that were in a process WR after long-term sick leave. The data consist of field notes, policy documents, individual interviews, and focus group interviews. Data were organized by use of NVivo. A theoretical framework was adopted which enabled us to approach and interpret the reintegration process as one that changed the social position of the returning employee.
The dataset demonstrates how the returnee is in a state of being betwixt and between the social positions of a co-worker and a non-co-worker. This is illustrated in three cases which show that this state prevents the returnee from taking on the role as a co-worker, excludes the returnee from the workplace, and creates uncertainty for all workplace actors.
The study highlighted that WR creates a social position for the returnee that complicates the working routine and causes uncertainty in social interactions. Implications for Rehabilitation Work reintegration (WR) after long-term sick leave is commonly characterized by reduced working hours and modified working tasks. The WR process influences the whole work place including co-workers' everyday working life and complicates work situations where work tasks and roles are negotiated between the returning worker and co-workers. Future WR policies and guidelines could benefit from integrating co-workers' perspective to ensure that the returning worker is not socially excluded as well as ensuring that co-workers are not overburdened in the process.
丹麦及其他福利国家当前的重返工作岗位（RTW）政策建议，因身体或心理健康问题而长期休病假的员工应逐步重返工作岗位。影响工作重新融入（WR）过程的因素已有充分记录，然而，同事对这一过程的体验是一个相对较新的研究课题。此外，在本研究的背景下，目前尚无研究探讨工作场所作为社会互动场所的情况。本研究的目的是探讨同事对重新融入过程的体验，以及这些体验与工作场所社会地位的关系。
在两家养老院进行了民族志实地调查，这两家养老院正处于长期病假后的工作重新融入过程中。数据包括实地记录、政策文件、个人访谈和焦点小组访谈。数据通过NVivo进行整理。采用了一个理论框架，使我们能够将重新融入过程视为一个改变返岗员工社会地位的过程，并对其进行分析和解读。
数据集展示了返岗员工如何处于同事和非同事社会地位之间的一种状态。通过三个案例说明了这种状态如何阻止返岗员工承担同事角色、将其排除在工作场所之外，并给所有工作场所参与者带来不确定性。
该研究强调，工作重新融入为返岗员工创造了一个社会地位，使工作日常变得复杂，并导致社会互动中的不确定性。康复的意义长期病假后的工作重新融入通常表现为工作时间减少和工作任务调整。工作重新融入过程会影响整个工作场所，包括同事的日常工作生活，并使返岗员工与同事之间协商工作任务和角色的工作情况变得复杂。未来的工作重新融入政策和指导方针可以从纳入同事的视角中受益，以确保返岗员工不会被社会排斥，同时确保同事在这个过程中不会负担过重。
