Ticket to Ride: I-deals as a Strategic HR Tool for an Employable Work Force

We describe how idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), in this case I-deals focused on workers’ employability enhancement, can serve as a powerful strategic HR tool for simultaneously meeting both the strategic goals of employers and the career goals of employees. Building on a sustainable career perspectiv...

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Autores principales: Beatrice Van der Heijden, Aukje Nauta, Mel Fugate, Ans De Vos, Nikos Bozionelos
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:25dd81b45a094a568790247c5994909e2021-11-22T06:00:56ZTicket to Ride: I-deals as a Strategic HR Tool for an Employable Work Force1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.769867https://doaj.org/article/25dd81b45a094a568790247c5994909e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769867/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078We describe how idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), in this case I-deals focused on workers’ employability enhancement, can serve as a powerful strategic HR tool for simultaneously meeting both the strategic goals of employers and the career goals of employees. Building on a sustainable career perspective, I-deals are interpreted as highly valuable, as they can help individual employees to more easily adapt to the fast-changing environments that nowadays characterize society and the labor market. After theoretical outlines on the concepts of I-deals and employability, we argue that I-deals can form the basis for integrative employment relationships aimed at employability enhancement. This article concludes with concrete recommendations for practice, indicating that in order to enable the sound use of I-deals as a strategic HR tool, organizations should discuss I-deals and employability openly through constructive dialogue. Moreover, examples for achieving this through specific practices, such as working with employability coaches and world cafés on employability, are described.Beatrice Van der HeijdenBeatrice Van der HeijdenBeatrice Van der HeijdenBeatrice Van der HeijdenBeatrice Van der HeijdenAukje NautaMel FugateAns De VosAns De VosNikos BozionelosFrontiers Media S.A.articleI-dealsemployabilitysustainable career perspectiveintegrative employment relationshiphuman resource managementPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic I-deals
employability
sustainable career perspective
integrative employment relationship
human resource management
Psychology
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integrative employment relationship
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Beatrice Van der Heijden
Beatrice Van der Heijden
Beatrice Van der Heijden
Beatrice Van der Heijden
Aukje Nauta
Mel Fugate
Ans De Vos
Ans De Vos
Nikos Bozionelos
Ticket to Ride: I-deals as a Strategic HR Tool for an Employable Work Force
description We describe how idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), in this case I-deals focused on workers’ employability enhancement, can serve as a powerful strategic HR tool for simultaneously meeting both the strategic goals of employers and the career goals of employees. Building on a sustainable career perspective, I-deals are interpreted as highly valuable, as they can help individual employees to more easily adapt to the fast-changing environments that nowadays characterize society and the labor market. After theoretical outlines on the concepts of I-deals and employability, we argue that I-deals can form the basis for integrative employment relationships aimed at employability enhancement. This article concludes with concrete recommendations for practice, indicating that in order to enable the sound use of I-deals as a strategic HR tool, organizations should discuss I-deals and employability openly through constructive dialogue. Moreover, examples for achieving this through specific practices, such as working with employability coaches and world cafés on employability, are described.
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Nikos Bozionelos
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title Ticket to Ride: I-deals as a Strategic HR Tool for an Employable Work Force
title_short Ticket to Ride: I-deals as a Strategic HR Tool for an Employable Work Force
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