Abstract:
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
