Fostering well-being among public employees with disabilities: the roles of disability-inclusive human resource practices, job resources, and public service motivation

Abstract

Regardless of their disabilities, employees with disabilities can contribute to the performance of public organizations. Our research purpose is to investigate how and when disability-inclusive human resource (HR) practices nurture the well-being of employees with disabilities in the public sector. Participants for this study consisted of employees with disabilities from departments and wards (grassroot-level governments) under the district-level governments in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Our results revealed the relationships between disability-inclusive HR practices and the well-being of public employees with disabilities via job resources as a mediator. The results further demonstrated that the effect of job resources on employee well-being was stronger for employees low in public service motivation than for those high in public service motivation.