Workplace Inclusion Through Social Partnerships: A Relational Perspective
基于社会交换理论和民族志案例研究，探讨社会伙伴关系中的关系实践如何促进智力障碍青年的工作场所包容，为管理者和合作伙伴提供实践指导。
In a world with high demand for sustainable business practices, this paper investigates how workplace inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities can be accomplished through social partnerships. Drawing on social exchange theory and based on an explorative ethnographic case study of a partnership constellation aiming for workplace inclusion of an intellectually disabled workforce, the study explores how relational practices in social partnerships contribute to workplace inclusion of young people with intellectual disabilities. The study consists of two sub-studies focusing first on identification of the overall goals of the partnership collaboration in regard to workplace inclusion and, second, an investigation of how the goals are accomplished in the here and now of partnership collaboration. The findings are summarized in a conceptual framework that advocates a relational perspective on workplace inclusion and highlights relational practices between partnership participants as important drivers for workplace inclusion. The study advances knowledge on workplace inclusion by offering insights into how relational practices in social partnerships inform workplace inclusion. Furthermore, the findings help the individual social partnership partners effectively manage workplace inclusion by acknowledging relationship processes as fundamental elements of organizing for an inclusive workplace.