Management and employee agreement on reports of organizational policies and practices important in return to work following carpal tunnel surgery

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Ossmann, Janet ^a   Amick III, Benjamin C ^a,b,c   Habeck, Rochelle V ^d   Hunt, Allan ^d   Ramamurthy, Gopika ^a   Soucie, Valerie ^f   Katz, Jeffrey N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Maine Health Information Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel surgery; Concordance correlation; Disability management; Organizational policies and practices; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TRADE UNION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 17644373438     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-005-0870-3     Document Type: Article

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