Military veterans are a valuable part of the human capital resource pool. Nonetheless, veterans often struggle with their transition into civilian life and workplaces. This problem often limits the extent to which work organizations utilize their talents. Here, we briefly review relevant work from outside the management field and nascent work within the field to build a conceptual model for understanding the integration of veterans into the workplace. We do this by applying diversity and person-environment fit perspectives. A diversity standpoint helps us to understand veterans as a social group and their inclusion in the workplace, while the person-environment fit perspective helps us describe veterans’ compatibility with their work environments in terms of organizational demands and veterans’ needs. We intend for this conceptual model to guide future empirical research on veterans as human capital and their transition into civilian organizations as part of their societal reintegration, career development, and personal well-being.

退伍军人是人力资本资源库中宝贵的一部分。尽管如此，退伍军人经常为过渡到平民生活和工作场所而苦苦挣扎。这个问题通常会限制工作组织利用其才能的程度。在这里，我们简要回顾了管理领域之外的相关工作和该领域内的新生工作，以建立一个概念模型来理解退伍军人如何融入工作场所。我们通过应用多样性和人与环境相适应的观点来做到这一点。多样性的观点有助于我们理解退伍军人作为一个社会团体及其在工作场所中的包容性，而人与环境的契合度则有助于我们根据组织需求和退伍军人的需求描述退伍军人与其工作环境的适应性。