Table 3 Overview of core category, categories, subcategories, and properties
Core category | Negotiating the ambiguity of an (in)authentic working life | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Immanence at the workplace—the silent covert object | Versus | Transcendence at the workplace—the resourceful overt subject | ||
Subcategory | Internalising shame | Versus | Externalising the trauma | ||
Properties | Hiding the SPT | Shame as a restrictor | Being open about SPT | Being free of shame | |
Subcategory | Intersubjective tabooing | Versus | Intersubjective corroboration | ||
Properties | The restricting workplace | Tabooing SPT at work | Needing flexibility | Receiving support and understanding | |
Subcategory | Institutionalised objectification | Versus | Institutionalised subjectification | ||
Properties | Seeing women as objects | Struggling endlessly to get sick leave | Finally receiving care | Seeing women as subjects | |