Table 2 Themes identified in the interviews and used in the framework analysis
Theme | Topic/description |
|---|---|
Sickness absence and presenteeism | |
Sick colleague | |
Social problems | |
Collective normativity of sick leave | |
High/low sickness absence | |
How ill should one be in order to report sick? | |
Age and sickness absence | |
Rearrangement by the use of temporary staff | |
What happens practically when an employee report sick: sick calls, sickness presenteeism, use of temporary staff | |
Acceptable causes of sickness absence | |
Does one know why a colleague is sick? | |
Acceptable reasons for sick leave | |
Non-acceptable causes of sickness absence | |
Stress | |
Strain injury | |
Infection | |
Job identity | |
Relation to resident | |
Relation to colleague | |
Relation to management | |
Job satisfaction | |
Influence on job | |
Good working day | |
Organization of work and physical aspects of the workplace | |
Start of the working day | |
Changing tasks and groups | |
Facilitation | |
Age composition | |
Percent of employment | |
Education | |
Freeze of staff recruitment | |
Shifts | |
Bullying | |
Length of employment | |
Work environment | |
Recognition from management | |
Urban/rural area | |
Size of nursing home | |
Old building | |
Several floors | |
Lunch room facility |