Sustainable labour participation and sustainable careers

Semeijn, Janjaap; Dam, Karen van; Vuuren, Tinka van; Heijden, B.I.J.M. van der

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“…Health has been defined as a 'state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely as the absence of disease or infirmity ' (WHO, 1948, p. 100). It is generally acknowledged that workers' employability, work motivation, and health are important predictors of future labor participation (Ilmarinen, 2002;Semeijn et al, 2015;van der Klink et al, 2016).…”

Section: Sustainable Employabilitymentioning

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“…employability, work motivation, and health) has become apparent (De Vos & van der Heijden, 2015). Many organizations develop HRM policies and actions, and implement practices aimed at increasing workers' sustainable employability at work (Billett, Dymock, Johnson, & Martin, 2011;Semeijn, van Dam, van Vuuren, & van der Heijden, 2015;van Harten, Knies, & Leisink, 2016;Veth, Emans, van der Heijden, Korzilius, & De Lange, 2015). Until now, there is only limited research examining what HR practices employers implement and how effective these practices are.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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HR practices for enhancing sustainable employability: implementation, use, and outcomes

Ybema

Vuuren

Dam

2017

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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With the aging of the workforce, organizations need to maintain or improve the sustainable employability of their workforce throughout their working life. This raises the question which HR practices increase workers' sustainable employability at work. The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which organizations implement HR practices for enhancing sustainable employability in terms of workers' health, motivation, and skills and knowledge from the employer's perspective. In total, 312 owners/directors or HR managers (response rate 13%) filled out the questionnaire. The findings showed that most organizations implemented a range of HR practices to improve the health, motivation, and skills and knowledge of their employees. Perceived effectiveness of these practices were dependent on the number of HR practices that were implemented, employees' use of and participation in designing these practices. Implementation of HR practices was also related to higher satisfaction with the current employability of employees, and to increased productivity of the organization. Implications for practice and examples of HR practices to enhance sustainable employability are given.

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Section: Sustainable Employabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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HR practices for enhancing sustainable employability: implementation, use, and outcomes

Ybema

Vuuren

Dam

2017

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…Research indicates that (personal) resources are important antecedents for sustainable employability (Semeijn et al, 2015). In COR theory, resources are described as " […] those entities that either are centrally valued in their own right, or act as means to obtain centrally valued ends" (Hobfoll, 2002, p. 307).…”

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Cross-lagged effects of resilience and indicators of sustainable employability; a study among Dutch police officers

Semeijn

Caniëls

Kooistra

2019

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Purpose Sustainable employability is an important goal for individuals and organizations alike. However, scarce knowledge is available on possible cross-lagged relations of resilience among police officers and different aspects of their sustainable employability over time. Based on assumptions of COR theory, the purpose of this paper is to test these relations in a two-wave design. Design/methodology/approach A total of 532 police officers participated in a time-lagged survey design (time interval of six months) concerning their resilience and relevant aspects, i.e., self-reported vitality, workability and organization-reported individual absenteeism rates. Data were analyzed with structural equation modeling. Findings Results indicate cross-lagged effects between resilience and vitality with an acceptable model fit. Thus, the level of resilience at T1 affected the level of vitality at T2 and vice versa. In addition, a nearly significant negative effect of vitality on T1 was found on absenteeism on T2. Research limitations/implications More measurements over time are needed to test reciprocal relations and possible gain spirals. Different samples are needed to assess generalizability. Cross-lagged effects may indicate a reciprocal relation between resilience and vitality that can be further facilitated. Practical implications For example, resilience can be addressed explicitly in training. Originality/value This study is the first to test the cross-lagged relations between resilience and indicators of sustainable employability among police officers. It is important to further study this for the sake of both police officers, as well as society as a whole.

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“…Sustainable work participation implies the concept of current and ongoing readiness to join and deliver work tasks, i.e., the ability to perform and deliver the work at present and in future [41]. While performing a certain job at the start of a career, an individual employee may have to count on personal capability and competence developed through their acquired education; however, job performance in future will depend on the experience and skills acquired in the form of personal human and social capital.…”

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Contemplating the Antecedents of a Sustainable Work Life in an Emerging Economy: Lessons from Early Retirees in the ICT Sector of Pakistan

Hanif

Shao

2018

Sustainability

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Sustainable careers at present are characterized by elements of both planned and unplanned career transitions traversed over the entire life course. Planned career transitions involve voluntary departure from the routine career while unplanned career displacements come in the form of involuntary retirement decisions resulting from the job-cuts imposed by organizations. Involuntarily-displaced workers are challenged with threats, such as an unwelcoming job-market, depleted skillsets and potential obsolescence which results in limited employability. For developed nations, extant research has investigated to a reasonable extent this budding avenue of post-retirement career decision making and its dependency on various micro-level socioeconomic determinants. However, the same avenue is, as yet, unexplored for developing economies. In an endeavor to fill this gap, the present research is undertaken to study different post-retirement career trajectories chosen by middle-aged and elderly workers after a job loss from the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Pakistan. We employ the technique of multinomial logistic regression on data obtained from 295 early displaced workers (M = 217, F = 78) to compare different retirement decisions in the light of various socioeconomic factors, such as age, gender and specific measures of human, social and financial capital and risk-taking ability. Age, gender and health status are observed to be major deterrents to sustainable career participation while technical qualification helps to sustain reemployment opportunities. Our research offers notable contributions to the realm of sustainable career development by identifying the factors which influence workers’ employability for sustainable workforce participation. Managerial and theoretical implications are discussed followed by conclusions and research limitations.

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Sustainable labour participation and sustainable careers

Cited by 25 publications

References 68 publications

HR practices for enhancing sustainable employability: implementation, use, and outcomes

HR practices for enhancing sustainable employability: implementation, use, and outcomes

Cross-lagged effects of resilience and indicators of sustainable employability; a study among Dutch police officers

Contemplating the Antecedents of a Sustainable Work Life in an Emerging Economy: Lessons from Early Retirees in the ICT Sector of Pakistan

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