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Le retour au travail lors d’un deuil périnatal: Des pratiques organisationnelles en porte-à-faux?

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Gagnon, Mélanie, Beaudry, Catherine·2013·Relations industrielles
DOI 10.7202/1018436ar
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Cette recherche empirique qualitative de type exploratoire a pour objectif principal de lever le voile sur l’expérience de retour au travail d’employés vivant un deuil périnatal. Plusieurs recherches s’attachent à décrire et à étudier les conséquences d’un deuil périnatal chez les parents. Il est alors établi que le deuil périnatal se distingue des autres types de deuil, bien que l’intensité de la douleur vécue soit aussi importante. Pour l’heure, la littérature en ressources humaines se fait plutôt discrète sur la problématique du deuil périnatal spécifiquement en contexte de retour au travail. De fait, il devient nécessaire de référer à des études s’intéressant au retour au travail à la suite d’autres types de difficultés personnelles. À ce sujet, les écrits soulèvent trois catégories de facteurs influençant le retour au travail : les facteurs sociaux, organisationnels et individuels. L’importance de la perte que le deuil périnatal représente pour les parents endeuillés est souvent sous-estimée au sein des organisations. Lorsque les parents reviennent au travail après la perte de l’enfant à naître ou de leur nourrisson, ils sont fréquemment encore bien ancrés dans leur « processus de deuil » et d’adaptation à celui-ci. Or, le retour au travail dans le cadre d’un tel type de deuil est généralement peu encadré par les organisations. Cette étude fait donc état du vécu des employés en deuil au moment de leur réinvestissement en emploi. Afin d’explorer leur expérience, trois groupes de discussion ont été menés au Québec, avec des femmes ayant vécu la perte de leur enfant à naître ou de leur nourrisson. L’analyse de contenu a permis de conclure que la prise d’un congé à la suite du décès de l’enfant à naître ou du nourrisson, bien qu’importante, est insuffisante à elle seule, puisque lors de la reprise du travail, l’adaptation au deuil n’est pas terminée. Le facteur qui semble le plus déterminant au regard d’une réinsertion réussie s’avère le soutien que procurent les organisations par le biais de diverses pratiques, les plus importantes étant l’accès à un programme d’aide aux employés et l’aménagement du travail.

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  • Some participants benefited from psychological support through corporate programs, which combined with gradual return to work enhanced coping and productivity.

    “Some participants benefited from psychological support through corporate programs, which, combined with a gradual return to work, enhanced their ability to cope and improved their productivity”

    From Experiences and long-term repercussions of perinatal grief in women after perinatal bereavement: a meta-ethnography (2025) · cites this paper as [46]

    The “intervention en relation d'aide” section reports that one participant received psychological support through her employer’s assistance program. Combined with a gradual return to work, it helped her feel better and regain satisfactory work performance. The claim overstates the number of participants who received this combination: the paper identifies one, not multiple participants. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Social stigma labels the woman as 'the mother of the baby who died', preventing her from exercising her natural role and deepening her isolation.

    “Social stigma labels the woman as “the mother of the baby who died”, preventing her from exercising her natural role and deepening her isolation (29, 46).”

    From Experiences and long-term repercussions of perinatal grief in women after perinatal bereavement: a meta-ethnography (2025) · cites this paper as [46]

    The section “le deuil périnatal : mise en contexte” describes others minimizing a baby's death and workplace norms limiting opportunities to discuss the loss. The section “le retour au travail à la suite d'une difficulté personnelle” also reports isolation among bereaved parents. Neither passage says women are labeled “the mother of the baby who died” or that such labeling prevents them from exercising a maternal role or deepens their isolation. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Returning to work proved to be another space of abandonment; most organizations did not offer psychological support or recognize the particularities of perinatal grief, worsening emotional and professional challenges.

    “returning to work proved to be another space of abandonment. While some organizations demonstrated sensitivity, most did not offer psychological support or recognize the particularities of perinatal grief, thus worsening emotional and professional challenges”

    From Experiences and long-term repercussions of perinatal grief in women after perinatal bereavement: a meta-ethnography (2025) · cites this paper as [46]

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Authors
Gagnon, M., & Beaudry, C.
Affiliations
Université du Québec à Rimouski (CA)
Venue
Relations industrielles
Publisher
Consortium Erudit
Published
2013-09-24
Volume
68
Issue
3
Pages
457-478
ISSN
  • 0034-379X (ISSN-L)
  • 1703-8138
DOI
10.7202/1018436ar
OpenAlex
W1777473153
Cited by
9
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2015: 1
FWCI
0.37
Type
journal article
Language
fr
Open access
Locations
  • Relations industrielles (publishedVersion)
  • Érudit (Université de Montréal) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Keywords
perinatal bereavement, return to work, bereavement leave, workplace support, employee experience, organizational practices, employee reintegration, human resource management, women employees, work-family balance, employee retention

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