What works? Flexibility as a Work-ParticipationStrategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12965798
AutoresGunnar Vold Hansen (0000-0002-6069-3289, Østfold University of Applied Sciences), Ragnhild Fugletveit (0000-0001-9343-717X, Østfold University of Applied Sciences), Petter Arvesen (0000-0002-1871-8147, Østfold University of Applied Sciences)
Año2015
Volumen6
Número1
Páginas134-148
Fecha de publicación2015-01-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNordic Journal of Social Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1892-2783 • E-ISSN: 1892-2783
EditorialScandinavian University Press (PUBLISHER • NO)
DOI10.7577/njsr.2086
OpenAlexW2198548995
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas21

For many years the education and training of people with addictions and mental-health problems have been a key strategy to assist people to find ordinary jobs. This strategy is largely concerned with adapting people to the requirements of the workplace. An alternative strategy can also be envisaged, where the workplace adapts to the possibilities and resources of the people (Hansen, 2009). In this article, we raise the following question: how is it possible to adapt workplaces for people with addiction and mental-health problems? Here we highlight the experiences of a workplace that focuses on adapting to employees’ capabilities and resources. The data collection consists both of 12 interviews with managers and workers and of participant observation of the workplace. Our answer to our question is that this is possible because the workplace is flexible in the way that they adapt their demands to the workers’ resources

Addiction · Engineering ethics · Flexibility (engineering · Management · Mental health · Psychiatry · Work (physics · Applied Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being