Originally found at The HR Director

Contrary to traditional narratives, which depict work as often a burden in times of grief, the research reveals that grieving employees can actively shape the workplace into a refuge through a phenomenon known as job crafting. The research, conducted by Dr Lidiia Pletneva, an Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management at LSE, has been published in the Academy of Management Journal. Pletneva interviewed dozens of grieving employees to understand the role that work plays in helping people deal with their grief, and the effects that the work-grief dynamic has on their personal and professional lives.

A new study* has found that many employees who are grieving loved one turn their work into a refuge for themselves. Contrary to traditional narratives, which depict work as often a burden in times of grief, the research reveals that grieving employees can actively shape the workplace into a refuge through a phenomenon known as job crafting. The research, conducted by Dr Lidiia Pletneva, an Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management at LSE, has been published in the Academy of Management Journal.

Pletneva interviewed dozens of grieving employees to understand the role that work plays in helping people deal with their grief, and the effects that the work-grief dynamic has on their personal and professional lives.

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• Lidiia Pletneva, London School of Economics and Political Science