Covid-19 trouble at work
A comparative qualitative analysis of disclosure, sickness absence and return-to-work in the UK, the USA, Australia and Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21258313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Qureshi (0000-0001-6862-7852, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Jane Evered (0000-0003-0098-1171, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jane Alice Evered, Rie Toyomoto (0000-0003-1125-3145, Kyoto University), Anna Urbanowicz (0000-0002-7909-4526, Deakin University), Akiko Sawada, Lorraine Smith (0000-0002-3499-1514, The University of Sydney), Rika Sakuma Sato (0000-0002-6718-5973), T Rai (0000-0001-5201-9780, Miami University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 100307 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SSM - Qualitative Research in Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2667-3215 • E-ISSN: 2667-3215 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100307 |
| OpenAlex | W4384283685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper addresses working people's experiences of managing covid-related sickness in relation to employment. Bringing together the sociology of chronic illness and disability, and of work and organisations, we contribute to understandings of Covid-19 experiences in the context of employment. We draw from interview studies of Covid-19 infection and recovery in four countries, the UK, the USA, Australia and Japan. This cross-country comparative qualitative approach enables us to suggest how macrostructural regulatory and policy environments, and micropolitical environments of social interaction and moral evaluation shape paths between disclosure to employers, sick leave-taking, recovery and return to work after Covid-19 infection. For many of our participants across the four countries – especially those lacking in job security – this path was not straightforward, entailing intertwined moral and material risks. We draw out wider real-world implications, with regards to precarious work and limited governmental safety nets, and sociological implications in terms of un-flattening our analyses of how people encounter and dispose of trouble at work
Geography · Job security · Political science · Precarious work · Public relations · Qualitative research · Sick leave · Social science · Sociology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Medicine · Workplace Health and Well-being
Medical power and social knowledge
Sickness absence as risk-taking behaviour
Expanding Paid Sick Leave Laws
Protecting health during Covid-19 and beyond
Impact of pre-pandemic sick leave diagnoses on the length of Covid-19-related sick leave
Theorising disability and chronic illness
Contingent work and ill-health
Delicate dances
Encouraging Compliance With Quarantine
Methodological and Practical Issues in Cross-National Qualitative Research
It is hard for mums to put themselves first
Constructing health and sickness in the context of motherhood and paid work
Bringing back the body without the blame
Long-term ill health and the social embeddedness of work
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |