Linking the capability approach for sustainability to strategic and inclusive human resource management

Amber Kersten; Hanneke van Heijster; Irmgard Borghouts; Marc van Veldhoven; Jac van der Klink

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Linking the capability approach for sustainability to strategic and inclusive human resource management

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This chapter applies the capability approach (CA) to the field of human resource management (HRM) by exploring the case of sustainable employability. We elaborate on the interplay between HRM and the CA with respect to sustainable employability at the organisational level by focusing on two key areas of HRM: strategic HRM and inclusive HRM. From a strategic HRM lens, this chapter explores what is necessary for organisations not only to use the CA as a tool to contribute to the capabilities and goals of employees but also to use the CA to contribute to the capabilities and goals of the organisation. From an inclusive HRM lens, this chapter explores how organisations can use the CA as a normative framework for fostering access to work and decent work for vulnerable groups in the labour market. The chapter concludes by outlining future research directions for applying the CA to strategic and inclusive HRM at the individual, organisational, and societal levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Capabilites at work
Subtitle of host publication	The added value of the capability Model for well-being and work
Editors	Jac van der Klink, Sebastiaan Rothmann
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	8
Pages	161-178
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781009600576
ISBN (Print)	9781009600545, 9781009600569
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009600576.011
Publication status	Published - Jul 2026

UN SDGs

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

human resource management
sustainable employability
capability approach
inclusive HRM
strategich human resource management
Strategic HRM

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Kersten, A., van Heijster, H., Borghouts, I., van Veldhoven, M., & van der Klink, J. (2026). Linking the capability approach for sustainability to strategic and inclusive human resource management. In J. van der Klink, & S. Rothmann (Eds.), Capabilites at work: The added value of the capability Model for well-being and work (pp. 161-178). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009600576.011

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Kersten, A , van Heijster, H , Borghouts, I , van Veldhoven, M & van der Klink, J 2026, Linking the capability approach for sustainability to strategic and inclusive human resource management. in J van der Klink & S Rothmann (eds), Capabilites at work: The added value of the capability Model for well-being and work. Cambridge University Press, pp. 161-178. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009600576.011

Linking the capability approach for sustainability to strategic and inclusive human resource management. / Kersten, Amber ; van Heijster, Hanneke ; Borghouts, Irmgard et al.
Capabilites at work: The added value of the capability Model for well-being and work. ed. / Jac van der Klink; Sebastiaan Rothmann. Cambridge University Press, 2026. p. 161-178.

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Kersten A , van Heijster H , Borghouts I , van Veldhoven M , van der Klink J. Linking the capability approach for sustainability to strategic and inclusive human resource management. In van der Klink J, Rothmann S, editors, Capabilites at work: The added value of the capability Model for well-being and work. Cambridge University Press. 2026. p. 161-178 Epub 2026 May. doi: 10.1017/9781009600576.011

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