186 Chapter 6 This research also showed that there were some points for improvement for supervisors about the guidance of employees with a work disability, namely providing challenges in work tasks and opportunities for growth, appreciation and giving compliments to employees, investing in employees’ autonomy, that employees are taking seriously, and improve communication of supervisors. An addition to the training could, for example, be how supervisors should deal with employees who want more challenge in their work tasks and how supervisors can better distribute their attention and time so that employees can receive more personal attention. In addition, the training can emphasize that giving compliments and expressing appreciation is extremely important for employees and that it is important to have good and open communication with employees to facilitate adequate adjustments to work tasks and conditions. How to deal with these points of improvement can be applied in Mentorwijs or other related trainings for supervisors of employees with a work disability. Improving the training can increase employees’ satisfaction about their job and guidance, after their supervisors have completed this training, and thus improve sustainable employability. Conclusions Our findings indicate that employees were, in general, very satisfied with the guidance of supervisors who followed the Mentorwijs training and believed that not much needed to be changed in their guidance. Possibly because of this, changes in the guidance were hardly noticed by many employees. Also, because they may not be aware of the exact content of the Mentorwijs training. Despite this, several aspects in the guidance of supervisors were identified that affect the sustainable employability of employees with a work disability. To improve sustainable employability of employees with a work disability, training of supervisors in guidance of these employees should focus more on adequate work conditions, opportunities for development and improving supervisors’ skills regarding appreciation, attitude, and communication.
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