Social Theory & Health
A critical realist critique on evidence conceptions in occupational mental health research
Abstract The increasingly dynamic nature of modern workplaces and the growing complexity of factors influencing mental health challenge conventional understandings of evidence in occupational health research. Drawing on critical realism (CR) as a contemporary philosophy of science, this article examines limitations of narrow conceptions of evidence that continue to shape intervention research at the intersection of work and mental health. Using an abductive approach, we develop a CR-lens for examining how evidence …