174 Chapter 6 Table 1. Characteristics of the study sample n = 21 Age Mean (SD) 41.5 (13.1) Range 20–61 Gender Men 17 (81%) Women 4 (19%) Educational level Low 15 (71%) Middle 5 (24%) High 1 (5%) Disability Low level of education and/or learning delay 6 (29%) Mild intellectual disability 5 (24%) Psychological disability 5 (24%) Physical disability 3 (14%) Unknown 3 (14%) Occupation Gardener 12 (57%) Production employee 4 (19%) Administrative employee 2 (10%) Kitchen employee 2 (10%) Cleaner 1 (5%) Various themes emerged from the interviews: work tasks and conditions can facilitate or hinder sustainable employability, relationships among employees and with supervisors can affect sustainable employability, a desire for new opportunities and challenges, and need for supervisor skills to facilitate sustainable employability. Results associated with these themes are described below. Work Tasks and Conditions can Facilitate or Hinder Sustainable Employability Employees indicated many facilitators and barriers within their work and work tasks for sustainable employability. The most prominently facilitators mentioned were that work was considered fun, easy, and there was an enjoyable atmosphere. Employees also mentioned that there was no large workload, they had a lot of freedom in performing their work tasks (independently), and they wanted to do this work for a long time. In addition, they stated that their work tasks were diverse, not difficult, structured, and often carried out independently:
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