An explorative interview study of men and women on sick leave with a musculoskeletal diagnosis seeking an acceptable life role

Relational social capital: Norwegian women’sexperiences of the process of being on sickleave and the path back to work

“…The third category was characterized by migration away from the workplace and consisted of women who had no plans for returning to work. Another study (Eriksson & Janson, 2013) has identified four different groups in relation to the work strategies as a norm: the returners, the reoriented, the ambivalent, and those who had given up. These studies show that being long-term sick-listed challenges women's identities, and illustrate how the construction of identity is influenced by individuals' social context (Goffman, 1961;Järvinen & Mik-Meyer, 2003).…”