Why are Disclosure Decisions so Difficult? Understanding Factors that Encourage and Discourage Workers with a Chronic Disabling Condition from Disclosing Health Information at Work
Understanding how workers prioritize information when considering disclosing a disability at work has implications for organizational support practices and clinical efforts to support workers. It underscores that worker decisions go beyond health impacts and highlights the need for support resources to help workers address decision uncertainty and stress.
Authors
- Aaron Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4414-6330)
- Monique A. M. Gignac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4445-3274)
- William S. Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6830-6415)
- Peter Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8286-4563)
- Arif Jetha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0322-7027)
- Ron Saunders
- Julie Bowring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4643-0420)
- Lahmea Navaratnerajah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2673-0752)
- M. W. Pienkowski
- Renée‐Louise Franche
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Work & Health (CA)
- UConn Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-025-10326-y
- Primary Topic
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Arthritis Society
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Crohn's and Colitis Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada