Sustaining the employability of the low skilled worker

Sustaining the employability of the low skilled worker: Development, mobility and work redesign

Sanders, J.M.A.S.

2016

Sustainable employability has recently become a topical issue in HR literature. Two major developments are responsible for this increased attention. The first is contextual change, requiring businesses to adapt to faster changing markets, causing rapid shifts in the demand for labour and skills. These shifts have severe consequences for the employability of individual employees, even causing skills to become obsolete. Also, organizational change is positively related to perceived skills mismatch. As a consequence, the vulnerable employability of less educated or uneducated employees will become ever more vulnerable as a result of contextual changes and shifting skills demands. This thesis analyses three potential routes in sustaining the employability of less educated workers: development, mobility and work redesign. It focusses on the less educated, since literature shows that less educated (older) employees are a high-risk group with regard to their sustainable employability. Less education and training, worse general health (habits) and taxing working conditions make it relatively difficult for less educated older employees to extend their working lives. Adding to this, less educated employees face several other disadvantages hindering their sustainable employability.

ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Life
Healthy Living
Work and Employment
Employees
Employability
Education
Low Skilled
SP - Sustainable Productivity and Employability

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