Employable until Retirement: How Inclusive Leadership and HR Practices Can Foster Sustainable Employability through Strengths Use

Sait Gürbüz (), Marianne van Woerkom, Dorien T. A. M. Kooij, Evangelia Demerouti, Jac J. L. van der Klink and Evelien P. M. Brouwers
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Sait Gürbüz: Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Marianne van Woerkom: Department of Human Resource Studies, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Dorien T. A. M. Kooij: Department of Human Resource Studies, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Evangelia Demerouti: Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Jac J. L. van der Klink: Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Evelien P. M. Brouwers: Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-17

Abstract: Background: Although the new model of sustainable employability (SE), which builds on the capability approach, has received growing attention, research on how to enhance workers’ SE is scarce. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether (1) inclusive leadership and high-involvement HR practices are positively associated with SE and whether (2) strengths use mediates these associations. To test our research hypotheses, we surveyed Dutch employees (N = 364), selected with random sampling. The results of structural equation modeling showed that inclusive leadership and high-involvement HR practices were positively associated with workers’ SE. Moreover, we discovered that strengths use mediated these relationships. These results contribute to the SE literature by providing initial evidence that inclusive leadership and high-involvement HR practices are directly and indirectly (through strengths use) related to workers’ SE.

Keywords: sustainable employability; capability set for works; inclusive leadership; high-involvement HR practices; strengths use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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