Returning employees back to work: Developing a measure for Supervisors to Support Return to Work (SSRW)

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-208

  Munir, Fehmidah ^a   Yarker, Joanna ^b   Hicks, Ben ^c   Donaldson Feilder, Emma ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Affinity Occupational Psychologists   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Employment Studies   (United Kingdom)

^d Affinity Health at Work   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee health; Managers; Questionnaire design; Return to work; Sick leave; Supervisors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863621914     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-011-9331-3     Document Type: Article

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