Reintegration of crisis services employees: a systematic literature review

Purpose Crisis services personnel are frequently deployed around the globe under highly demanding conditions. This raises need to better understand deployment process and more especially, sustainable reintegration after deployment. Despite recent research efforts, study of post-deployment stage, specifically process, remains fragmented limited. To address these limitations, this review aims at (1) describing how is conceptualised measured in existing literature, (2) identifying what dimensions associated with (3) we know about terms timing phases. Design/methodology/approach Following preferred reporting items for systematic reviews meta-analyses (PRISMA) protocol, authors identified 5,859 documents across several scientific databases published between 1995 2021. Based on predefined eligibility criteria, 104 were yielded. Findings Research has primarily focused descriptive studies negative individual interpersonal outcomes However, indicates that dynamic, multi-sector, multidimensional dual. Each its phases distinct challenges. Originality/value authors’ knowledge, first investigates among different crisis provides an integrative social-ecological framework identifies challenges process.