RT Journal Article
T1 A sustainable career path for cancer survivors returning to work: New theorising from an inductive qualitative case study
A1 Santana, Mónica
A1 Aguilar Caro, Rocío
A1 van der Heijden, Beatrice
K1 Keywords: cancer survivors
K1 HR managers
K1 Human resource management practices
K1 Line managers
K1 Returning to work
K1 Sustainable careers
AB 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
PB Emerald
YR 2026
FD 2026-05-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23876
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23876
LA en
NO Santana, Mónica ; Aguilar-Caro, Rocio; Van der Heijden, Beatrice I.J.M. (2025), A sustainable career path for cancer survivors returning to work: New theorising from an inductive qualitative case study, Employee Relations, 1-44, 10.1108/ER-06-2024-0334 (In press)
NO Departamento de Organización de Empresas y Marketing
DS RIO
RD May 6, 2026