%0 Journal Article
%A Santana, Mónica
%A Aguilar Caro, Rocío
%A van der Heijden, Beatrice
%T A sustainable career path for cancer survivors returning to work: New theorising from an inductive qualitative case study
%D 2026
%U https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23876
%X Purpose: This study aims to understand the workplace challenges cancer survivors face whenthey return to work, and to analyse what human resources management (HRM) professionalsand line managers can do to protect and motivate these survivors. This article opens with areview of the literature on cancer survivors and work, from an HRM perspective.Design/method/approach: A qualitative case study approach is adopted to understand theexperiences of and challenges faced by cancer survivors returning to work and human resource(HR) managers’ actions to address these challenges.Findings: This study enhances HRM theory on cancer survivors returning to work by proposinga menu of suitable HRM practices. The article also highlights how acknowledging cancersurvivors’ talents and introducing an integration and learning perspective in organisations onhow to manage this vulnerable group may reinforce an employment relationship of mutualinvestment aimed at sustainability. In addition, this study offers a sustainable career model forcancer survivors.Originality: The outcomes of this research are translated into a set of sustainable HRMpractices for cancer survivors (HR planning, job design, career development, compensation,performance evaluation, and training), and guidance in the form of proposals for managementand government agencies to regulate the experience of returning to work
%K Keywords: cancer survivors
%K HR managers
%K Human resource management practices
%K Line managers
%K Returning to work
%K Sustainable careers
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