Making sense of employment after a cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis

Abstract

The sensemaking process that employees engage in after receiving the life altering diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmia has not been examined to date. This interpretive study uses sensemaking as a framework of data collection and analysis to examine the employment-related processes, procedures, and activities that individuals undertake after being diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia. Qualitative research methods are used to explore this experience from the viewpoint of the employee.