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Book SynopsisOrganisations, as well as individuals and societies, continue to struggle with the complexity associated with unprecedented demographic changes. Workforce ageing and increasing age diversity are not transient phenomena, and their implications are compounded by the combination of several global trends like workers' increased mobility and migration, as well as increasing gender and ethnic differences. This demographic pressure compels organisations to question conventional ways of management thinking, doing and being in order to capitalize on the benefits of an age-diverse workforce. This volume bridges theoretical and empirical approaches in order to illuminate the challenges of valuing employees at any point in their professional lives, from youth to retirement. Embracing perspectives that span from the individual to the organisational levels of analysis, the book explores the two distinct but intertwined phenomena of workforce ageing and increasing workforce age diversity. The volume is divided into two parts. Contributions in the first section raise questions about the meanings of age and age diversity, as well as how and when age matters in organisations. The second part of the book examines the role and contribution of HR practices in forging an age-inclusive workplace.
Trade ReviewTaking both theoretical and empirical approaches, contributors from organizational psychology and economics explore the challenges of valuing workers at various points in their professional lives, from youth to retirement, as well as the benefits that arise from leveraging an age-diverse workforce. Among their topics are successful aging at work and beyond: a review and critical perspective, generational differences: effects of job and organizational context, the intersection of age and gender issues in the workplace, and enhancing knowledge sharing in age-diverse organizations: the role of human resource management practices. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsAn organisational perspective on ageing and age diversity at work;;Silvia Profili, Alessia Sammarra and Laura Innocenti
PART I: FRAMING AGE AND AGE DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS;
The workforce demographic shift and the changing nature of work: Implications for policy, productivity and participationCatherine Earl, Philip Taylor, Chris Roberts, Patrick Huynh and Simon Davis;
Successful Ageing at Work and Beyond: A Review and Critical PerspectiveHannes Zacher and Cort W. Rudolph
Generational Differences: Effects of Job and Organisational ContextJustin Marcus and Michael P. Leiter
A Conceptual Framework of Age Diversity Climate in the WorkplaceSilvia Profili, Laura Innocenti and Alessia Sammarra
PART II: AGE DIVERSITY AT WORK. RETHINKING ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICES;
Intersection of Age and Gender Issues in the Workplace;Jeanette N. Cleveland, Lena-Alyeska Huebner and Madison Hanscom
Design and Older Workers;Franco Fraccaroli, Sara Zaniboni and Donald Truxillo
Enhancing Knowledge Sharing in Age Diverse Organizations;Alessia Sammarra, Silvia Profili, Fabrizio Maimone and Gabriele Gabrielli
