The experience of returning to work

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-134

  Jansson, Inger ^a   Björklund, Anita ^b  

^a Regional Social Insurance Office in Kalmar   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Coherence; Focus group; Former unemployed; Personal transition; Reorientation; Sick listed absentees; Time; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33847631215     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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