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A Matter of Trust? A Study of Coordination of Swedish Stakeholders in Return-to-Work

Journal of Occupational RehabilitationPublished 28 September 2009Open access
Christian Ståhl, Tommy Svensson, Gunilla Petersson, Kerstin Ekberg
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The results of this study expose the complexity of and threats to cooperation, and its conclusions may be used by return-to-work stakeholders in different jurisdictions to improve the possibilities for the development of cooperative structures.

Abstract

Stakeholders' interests have a high impact on the prerequisites for cooperation in return-to-work. By referring to organizational goals, stakeholders engage in non-cooperative behaviour, which threatens to spoil cooperative initiatives and to develop distrust in cooperative work forms. The results of this study expose the complexity of and threats to cooperation, and its conclusions may be used by return-to-work stakeholders in different jurisdictions to improve the possibilities for the development of cooperative structures.

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