The Role of Vocational Rehabilitation in the Human Resources Management

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Employers increasingly develop and implement workplace disability management policies and practices. This article provides new insight into the human resource (HR) managers’ perceptions of and attitudes regarding disability management. While several studies have shed light on the important role of managers and co-workers in terms of work disability management processes, very little is known about the contribution of human resource management (HRM).  The data consisted of individual interviews with selected (N=10) HR managers. Deductive orientation was adopted in the qualitative content analysis. The structure of the analysis was based on the study on disability management paradigms. The theory-based disability management paradigms have contributed remarkably to HR managers’ knowledge of workplace factors affecting disability. The disability management paradigm dominated informants’ perceptions; moreover, the emergent and strengthening pattern was the occupational wellness paradigm. The ergonomics paradigm and the worker’s right paradigm had lesser significance in the data.

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Riitta Seppänen-Järvelä

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• Koko viite: Seppänen-Järvelä, R. (2023). The role of vocational rehabilitation in the human resources management. Nordic Journal of Rehabilitation. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:jamk-issn-2954-1069-3