abstract: 'BACKGROUND: Little is known why some organizations employ vulnerable

  workers and others do not.

  OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationships between the attitude, intention,

  skills and barriers of employers and employment of vulnerable workers.

  METHODS: We included 5,601 inclusive organizations (>= 1\% of employees

  had a disability, was long-term unemployed or a school dropout) and

  6,236 non-inclusive organizations of the Netherlands Employers Work

  Survey 2014-2019. We operationalized employer factors based on the

  Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction as attitude (negative

  impact), intention (mission statement regarding social inclusion),

  skills (human resources policies and practices), and barriers (economic

  conditions and type of work). We used multivariate-adjusted logistic

  regression models.

  RESULTS: Compared to non-inclusive organizations, inclusive

  organizations had a more negative attitude (OR:0.81) and a stronger

  intention to employ vulnerable workers (OR:6.09). Regarding skills,

  inclusive organizations had more inclusive human resources practices

  (OR:4.83) and initiated more supporting human resources actions

  (OR:4.45). Also, they adapted more work conditions towards the needs of

  employees (OR:1.52), negotiated about work times and absenteeism

  (OR:1.49), and had general human resources practices on, for example,

  employability (OR:1.78). Inclusive organizations had less barriers

  reflected by better financial results (OR:1.32), more employment

  opportunities (OR:1.33) and more appropriate work tasks (OR:1.40).

  CONCLUSIONS: Overall, inclusive organizations reported more positive

  results on the employer factors of the Integrative Model of Behavioral

  Prediction, except for a more negative attitude. The more negative

  attitude might reflect a more realistic view on the efforts to employ

  vulnerable groups, and suggests that other unmeasured emotions and

  beliefs are more positive.'
affiliation: 'Hulsegge, G (Corresponding Author), Netherlands Org Appl Sci Res TNO,
  Sustainable Prod \& Employabil, Leiden, Netherlands.

  Hulsegge, G.; Otten, W.; van de Ven, H. A.; Hazelzet, A. M.; Blonk, R. W. B., Netherlands
  Org Appl Sci Res TNO, Sustainable Prod \& Employabil, Leiden, Netherlands.

  Blonk, R. W. B., Tilburg Univ, Fac Social \& Behav Sci, Tilburg, Netherlands.

  Blonk, R. W. B., North West Univ, Optentia, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.'
author: Hulsegge, G. and Otten, W. and van de Ven, H. A. and Hazelzet, A. M. and Blonk,
  R. W. B.
author-email: gerben.hulsegge@tno.nl
author_list:
- family: Hulsegge
  given: G.
- family: Otten
  given: W.
- family: van de Ven
  given: H. A.
- family: Hazelzet
  given: A. M.
- family: Blonk
  given: R. W. B.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3233/WOR-210898
eissn: 1875-9270
files: []
issn: 1051-9815
journal: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT \& REHABILITATION
keywords: 'Disability; employers; hiring intention; retention; occupational

  rehabilitation'
keywords-plus: QUALIFIED WORKERS; DISABLED PEOPLE; DISABILITIES; HRM
language: English
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '31'
orcid-numbers: van de Ven, Hardy/0000-0002-0194-2222
pages: 1215-1226
papis_id: a5488eaa8da3b26da1f60193ea845fcd
ref: Hulsegge2022employersattitude
researcherid-numbers: 'Blonk, Roland/HPE-2050-2023

  '
times-cited: '1'
title: Employers' attitude, intention, skills and barriers in relation to employment
  of vulnerable workers
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000842000100009
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '72'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2022'