TY - JOUR
T1 - Training for Supervisors to Improve Sustainable Employment of Employees with a work Disability
T2 - A Longitudinal Effect and Process Evaluation from an Intervention Study with Matched Controls
AU - Schaap, Rosanne
AU - Coenen, Pieter
AU - Zwinkels, Wim
AU - de Wolff, Marianne
AU - Hazelzet, Astrid
AU - Anema, Johannes
N1 - Funding Information: This study was funded by The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMW), project no. 50-53500-98-205. The funder had no role in the design, collection and analysis of data or in the writing of, or the decision to publish this manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/5/30
Y1 - 2023/5/30
N2 - Purpose: Supervisors play a crucial role in sustainable employment of employees with a work disability. The ‘Mentorwijs’ (literal translation: Mentorwise) training was developed to train supervisors in knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to guide these employees. This study evaluated the effect of ‘Mentorwijs’ on employees’ employment and supervisors’ behavioral outcomes. Methods: Register- and questionnaire data were obtained from 73 employees and 1,526 matched controls to measure employment (≥ 1/month, ≥ 12 h/week and ≥ 3 consecutive months (≥ 1 h/month)) during a 12-month follow-up period. Questionnaire data were obtained from 127 supervisors who followed the ‘Mentorwijs’ training, to assess their knowledge, self-efficacy, intention to adopt and applied behaviors. Results: Employment for ≥ 1 h/month did not significantly improve after 3 (β = 0.05; CI=-0.07-0.16), 6 (β = 0.07; CI=-0.04-0.18), 9 (β = 0.08; CI=-0.02-0.18) and 12 (β = 0.01; CI=-0.08-0.10) months among employees whose supervisors followed ‘Mentorwijs’ compared to those who did not. Significant effects were found after 8 months (β = 0.11; CI = 0.01–0.21). Comparable effects were found for employment ≥ 12 hour/week and ≥ 3 consecutive months (≥ 1 hour/month). Supervisors’ knowledge and self-efficacy significantly improved as a result of ‘Mentorwijs’, but no effects were found for intention to adopt and applied behaviors. Conclusions: ‘Mentorwijs’ is a promising training to improve the guidance of employees with a work disability. Further research is needed to examine how long-term effects of ‘Mentorwijs’ on employment can be sustained.
AB - Purpose: Supervisors play a crucial role in sustainable employment of employees with a work disability. The ‘Mentorwijs’ (literal translation: Mentorwise) training was developed to train supervisors in knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to guide these employees. This study evaluated the effect of ‘Mentorwijs’ on employees’ employment and supervisors’ behavioral outcomes. Methods: Register- and questionnaire data were obtained from 73 employees and 1,526 matched controls to measure employment (≥ 1/month, ≥ 12 h/week and ≥ 3 consecutive months (≥ 1 h/month)) during a 12-month follow-up period. Questionnaire data were obtained from 127 supervisors who followed the ‘Mentorwijs’ training, to assess their knowledge, self-efficacy, intention to adopt and applied behaviors. Results: Employment for ≥ 1 h/month did not significantly improve after 3 (β = 0.05; CI=-0.07-0.16), 6 (β = 0.07; CI=-0.04-0.18), 9 (β = 0.08; CI=-0.02-0.18) and 12 (β = 0.01; CI=-0.08-0.10) months among employees whose supervisors followed ‘Mentorwijs’ compared to those who did not. Significant effects were found after 8 months (β = 0.11; CI = 0.01–0.21). Comparable effects were found for employment ≥ 12 hour/week and ≥ 3 consecutive months (≥ 1 hour/month). Supervisors’ knowledge and self-efficacy significantly improved as a result of ‘Mentorwijs’, but no effects were found for intention to adopt and applied behaviors. Conclusions: ‘Mentorwijs’ is a promising training to improve the guidance of employees with a work disability. Further research is needed to examine how long-term effects of ‘Mentorwijs’ on employment can be sustained.
KW - Effect evaluation
KW - Employees
KW - Supervisors
KW - Sustainable Employment
KW - Work disability
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-023-10118-2
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-023-10118-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 37249785
SN - 1053-0487
JO - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
ER -