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Back to work bang! Difficulties, emotions and adjustment strategies when returning to work after a vacation
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In our day-to-day lives, we are all confronted with situations
that we have to adapt and adjust to. When we return to
work after a vacation, we also go through an adjustment
process. The aim of this study is to identify the difficulties of
adjusting to work after the vacation, the emotions and
feelings associated with this transition period and what strategies people use to overcome them. Through 93 semistructured interviews, the results show that the main difficulties
can be grouped into four dimensions (work-related difficulties, social-level difficulties, general difficulties and the feeling
of dis-identification). The emotions and feelings reported
have two facets (positive and negative) and companies do
not have any type of strategy to facilitate readjustment to
work. Thus, the identification of the main difficulties and
emotions felt by the respondents is of extreme importance
for the design of intervention practices that facilitate this
moment of transition, aiming to enhance motivation, wellbeing and productivity. On the other hand, the emotions
associated with this period of return can act as possible predictors of attitudes toward work, presenting an added value
to the enrichment and to an improvement of the processes
underlying the management of human resources.
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Adjustment to work Human resource management Annual paid vacation Individual strategies Return to work
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Taylor & Francis