title: The Employer Perspective on Sustainable Employability in the Construction Industry.
abstract: To determine the measures employers in the construction industry take to promote sustainable employability, the barriers and facilitators that influence implementation and employer needs.
  
  
  
  Questionnaire among 499 employers and interviews with 17 employers.
  
  
  
  Employers expressed a need for alternative jobs for workers who can no longer perform physically demanding tasks, as well as means to stimulate proactive employee behavior. Measures frequently targeted the work environment (95%) and employee health (79%), less frequently personal development (63%) and organization (65%). Implementation was influenced by economic factors, rules and regulations, client demands, employee demands, company vision, company culture, and time/manpower/expertise.
  
  
  
  Implementation of measures aimed at reducing physical load and the promotion of personal development are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center (Ms Tonnon, Ms van der Veen, Dr van der Ploeg, Dr van der Beek, Dr Proper); Department of Methodology and Statistics, EMGO+ Institute of Health and Care Research, VU University Amsterdam (Dr Westerman); Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam (Dr Robroek); Body@Work, TNO-VUmc (Dr van der Beek, Dr Proper), Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam; and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, Bilthoven (Dr Proper), the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Susanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tonnon
authors.forename: Rozan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Veen
authors.forename: Marjan J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Westerman
authors.forename: Suzan J W
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Robroek
authors.forename: Hidde P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: van der Ploeg
authors.forename: Allard J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van der Beek
authors.forename: Karin I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Proper
mesh_terms: D060389:Construction Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009426:Netherlands; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation; D000074824:Work Engagement; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace