Despite the generally positive findings around the relationship of work to mental health consumers, little is known about the meaning of work to individuals with mental illness.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Expectations of Leaders’ Mental Health (2023) · doi

  Understanding the causes and consequences of varying mental health experiences in the workplace has gained significant research attention, yet little is known about the assumptions people hold about mental health at work, especially with regard to the expectations people may have of their leaders’ mental health.

  Keywords: mental health people understanding causes consequences varying experiences workplace gained significant attention little known assumptions
• Work, Workers, and Workplaces: A Qualitative Analysis of Narratives of Mental Health Consumers (2000)

  Despite the generally positive findings around the relationship of work to mental health consumers, little is known about the meaning of work to individuals with mental illness.

  Keywords: mental despite generally positive around relationship health consumers little known meaning individuals illness
• The relationship between employee motivation and psychological health at work: A chicken-and-egg situation? (2017) · doi

  Although employee motivation and psychological health at work have been found to be related, it remains unclear whether motivation precedes psychological health or vice versa, and to which extent different manifestations of mental health relate to different forms of motivation at work.

  Keywords: motivation health psychological different employee found related remains unclear whether precedes vice versa extent manifestations