Vocational Rehabilitation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises : An Integrated Management Perspective on Potentials and Business Impact / Boris Miethlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miethlich, Boris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Employer branding.

Vocational rehabilitation.

Employment of people with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 pages)

Other Title:

Vocational Rehabilitation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2022.

Summary:

After an accident or severe illness, it may be difficult or even impossible to return to work due to a long absence from work or lasting impairments. In this case, vocational rehabilitation takes place in addition to health-related rehabilitation. There is some evidence in the literature that vocational rehabilitation contributes to increasing the profitability of companies. However, this phenomenon has not yet been comprehensively empirically researched. Therefore, this dissertation analyses and operationalise, from a holistic management perspective, the direct and indirect impacts of vocational rehabilitation on business. Besides, an explanatory model is provided for the optimal implementation of vocational rehabilitation and to realise the emerging potential. A commitment to vocational rehabilitation does not directly but indirectly influence business performance. The direct impact of vocational rehabilitation is mainly at the operational level, which interacts with the normative level. The business performance benefits are realised primarily at the strategic level. This phenomenon is also reflected in the insight that vocational rehabilitation has a leverage effect on the existing resources and competencies. Furthermore, there is a positive correlation between the level of vocational rehabilitation integration, the maturity of the company culture and the increasing contribution to business performance.

Contents:

Introduction . 11

1 The current state of dealt problems inland and abroad . 15

1.1 People with disability and their employment 15

1.1.1 What is a disability? . 15

1.1.2 Historical development of the understanding of disability in society 16

1.1.3 Variants of the integration of people with disabilities into the labour. 18

1.1.4 Success factors of the integration of people with disabilities into the labour 19

1.2 Vocational Rehabilitation 22

1.2.1 Purpose of vocational rehabilitation 22

1.2.2 History of the development of vocational rehabilitation 23

1.2.3 The realisation of Vocational Rehabilitation: A Cooperation between social security

and enterprises . 25

1.2.4 Success factors of vocational rehabilitation 28

1.3 Employment of people with disability and vocational rehabilitation 30

1.3.1 Delamination from diversity initiatives 30

1.3.2 Delimitation from other concepts . 31

1.3.3 The economic relevance of the employment of people with disabilities and

vocational rehabilitation 32

1.3.4 Political context and relevance of the employment of people with disabilities and

vocational rehabilitation 33

1.3.5 Current situation and problems in promoting the employment of people with

disabilities and vocational rehabilitation 35

1.4 Corporate Social Responsibility 38

1.4.1 Delimitation from related concepts 39

1.4.2 Company's ripple effect: a model for assessing the impact of socially responsible

engagement on society and stakeholders . 40

1.4.3 Benefits of CSR . 41

1.4.4 CSR and Employer branding . 44

1.4.5 Implementation of CRS in enterprises 47

1.5 Employment of PWD and Vocational Rehabilitation as CSR strategy . 48

1.5.1 The current state of research: Employment of PWD and Vocational Rehabilitation

as CSR initiatives . 49

1.5.2 Implementation and Success Factors: Employment of PWD and Vocational

Rehabilitation as part of the CSR strategy . 51

1.5.3 Benefits of a socially responsible engagement for companies . 54

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1.6 The resource-based view on competitive advantages . 59

1.6.1 VRIO Framework: assessment of competitive advantages 62

1.6.2 Competitive advantages through better use of resources 63

1.6.3 Integrated management models to assess competitive advantages 64

1.7 Summary of the literature overview 67

2 Aim of the scholarly work 71

2.1 The main aim of the scholarly work 71

2.2 Partial aims of the scholarly work . 71

2.3 Deriving and defining the research questions . 72

2.4 Presentation and substantiation of the research theses 73

3 Methodology and research methods . 75

3.1 Characteristics of the examined object 75

3.2 Working methods: Case study research 76

3.3 Method of data obtaining and sources used 79

3.4 Used methods of evaluation and interpretation of results . 81

3.5 Research design . 82

3.6 Operationalisation of the case studies . 83

3.6.1 Deriving the case study protocol and report 83

3.6.2 Presentation of the interview guide 85

3.6.3 Selection of companies for the case studies . 86

4 Empirical data collection and analysis . 89

4.1 Assessing the Literature . 89

4.1.1 Identify the business implications of vocational rehabilitation 89

4.1.2 Interim conclusion 92

4.1.3 Preliminary explanatory model 94

4.2 Conducting the descriptive-explorative case studies . 96

4.2.1 Conducting the within-case analysis 96

4.2.1.1 Case study report NW GmbH . 96

4.2.1.2 Case study report AVT Verpatec GmbH 101

4.2.1.3 Case study report RPM Informatik GmbH . 106

4.2.1.4 Case study report Hämmerli Technik GmbH . 110

4.2.1.5 Case study report Smartpedia GmbH 114

4.2.1.6 Case study report Seminarhotel Lihn Gen. 117

4.2.1.7 Case study report RH Ladenbaumanagement GmbH 124

4.2.2 Conducting the cross-case analysis . 128

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4.2.2.1 The systematisation of the Processes . 128

4.2.2.2 The systematisation of the Structuring factors . 129

4.2.2.3 The systematisation of the Modes of Development 131

4.2.2.4 The systematisation of the Stakeholders . 132

4.2.2.5 The systematisation of the Interaction issues . 135

4.2.2.6 The systematisation of the Environment . 136

4.2.2.7 The systematisation of the Challenges and motivation 138

4.2.2.8 The systematisation of the Expenditure and returns 138

4.2.2.9 The systematisation of Long-term success through CSR strategies . 140

4.2.3 Interim conclusion 142

4.3 Synthesis of literature and case studies . 146

5 Results of the work and discussion . 155

5.1 Overview of the results 155

5.2 An explanatory model of the impact of vocational rehabilitation on

business performance 158

5.3 Answering the research questions . 161

5.4 Examination of the research theses . 163

5.5 Discussion of the results and classification in the field of research 163

5.6 Discussion of the method used 166

5.7 Limitations and need for further research . 168

5.8 Benefits for the development of the theory and practice . 169

Conclusion 171

Bibliography 175

Appendices . 197

Interview guideline I

Transcribed interviews II

Qualitative content analysis: codes and their sub-codes . III.

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ISBN:

3-8325-5572-2

9783832555726