The Psychosocial Working Environment and Posttraumatic Growth

A Convergent Integrated Mixed Methods Systematic Review examining how psychosocial work factors influence posttraumatic growth (PTG) among employees in trauma-exposed occupations. Drawing on 24 peer-reviewed studies and framed within a Critical Realist paradigm (Bhaskar, 1975), the review integrates quantitative and qualitative evidence to identify enabling and constraining organisational conditions for PTG. The synthesis is structured around themes derived from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ; Kristensen et al., 2019) and Rugulies’ (2018) Macro–Meso–Micro model, offering an evidence-based, stratified understanding of how the psychosocial working environment shapes employee growth after trauma. The review follows Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for mixed methods reviews (Lizarondo et al., 2024) and applies a retroductive analytic strategy to generate theoretically grounded, transferable insights.