The SAGE handbook of aging, work and society /
The SAGE handbook of aging, work and society /
Aging, work and society
edited by John Field, Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper
- London [etc.] : SAGE, cop. 2013.
- xix, 540 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Aging Workforce: Individual, Organizational and Societal Opportunities and Challenges / Ronald Burke, Cary L. Cooper and John Field -- Part One: Key Issues And Challenges -- World Population in Historical Perspective / Tommy Bengtsson and Kirk Scott -- Research on Age Diversity in the Workforce -- Current Trends and Future Research Directions / Florian Kunze and Stephan Boehm -- Prolonging working life in an aging world: A crossnational perspective on labor market and welfare policies toward active aging / Anne-Marie Guillemard -- Migration and workforce aging / John Field -- Part Two: The Aging Workforce -- Work Performance and the Older Worker / Margaret E. Beier and Ruth Kanfer -- Age and Work Motives / Cort W. Rudolph, Boris B. Baltes and Keith L. Zabel -- New Patterns of Late-Career Employment / Kerr Inkson, Margaret Richardson and Carla Houkamau -- Care Work and New Technologies of Care for Older People Living at Home / Celia Roberts, Maggie Mort and Christine Milligan -- Ageing, work and the demographic dividend in South Asia / Penny Vera-Sanso -- Age and Generational Differences in Work Psychology: Facts, Fictions, and Meaningful Work / Paul Fairlie -- Part Three: Managing An Aging Workforce -- Comparative Age Management: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Implications / Stephan Boehm, Heike Schr�oder, and Florian Kunze -- Demographic Challenges for Human Resource Management: Implications from Management and Psychological Theories / Birgit Verworn, Christiane Hipp and Doreen -- Age stereotypes in the workplace: multidimensionality, cross-cultural applications, and directions for future research / Richard A. Posthuma and Laura Guerrero -- Older Workers, Occupational Stress and Safety / Gary A. Adams, Sarah DeArmond, Steve M. Jex and Jennica R. Webster -- Training Older Workers: A Review / Yu-Shan Hsu -- Older Workers in the Professions: Learning Challenges and StrategiesTara Fenwick Quality of work, wellbeing, and retirement / Johannes Siegrist and Morten Wahrendorf -- Part Four: Living In An Aging Society -- Working Caregivers in the 'Sandwiched Generation' / Margaret B. Neal, Leslie B. Hammer, Ayala Malach Pines, Todd E. Bodner, and Melissa L. Cannon -- The social connections of older Europeans / Martin Kohli and Harald Knemund -- Engaging elders in community and society / Stina Johansson -- Learning in later life / Franz Kolland and Anna Wanka -- The role of social networking games in maintaining intergenerational communications for older adults / Yunan Chen, Jing Wen and Bo Xie -- Making a case for the existence of generational stereotypes: a literature review and exploratory study / Elissa L. Perry, Apivat Hanvongse and Danut A. Casoinic -- Part Five: Developing Public Policy -- Reconstructing work and retirement: Labour market trends and policy issues / Chris Phillipson -- Policies for older adult learning: the case of the European Union / Marvin Formosa -- Optimizing the Long Future of Aging: Beyond Involvement to Engagement / Jacquelyn Boone James, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Jennifer Kane Coplon, and Betty Eckhaus Cohen -- The measurement of multiple dimensions of subjective well-being in later life / Bram Vanhoutte -- Legal aspects of age discrimination / Malcolm Sargeant
Key international contributors come together to create a definitive map of the subject. Framed by an authoritative introductory chapter, 'The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society' offers a critical overview of the most significant themes and topics, with discussions of current research, theoretical controversies and emerging issues
9781446207826 (hbk) 144620782X (hbk)
Age and employment
Older people--Employment
Older people--Social conditions
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Aging Workforce: Individual, Organizational and Societal Opportunities and Challenges / Ronald Burke, Cary L. Cooper and John Field -- Part One: Key Issues And Challenges -- World Population in Historical Perspective / Tommy Bengtsson and Kirk Scott -- Research on Age Diversity in the Workforce -- Current Trends and Future Research Directions / Florian Kunze and Stephan Boehm -- Prolonging working life in an aging world: A crossnational perspective on labor market and welfare policies toward active aging / Anne-Marie Guillemard -- Migration and workforce aging / John Field -- Part Two: The Aging Workforce -- Work Performance and the Older Worker / Margaret E. Beier and Ruth Kanfer -- Age and Work Motives / Cort W. Rudolph, Boris B. Baltes and Keith L. Zabel -- New Patterns of Late-Career Employment / Kerr Inkson, Margaret Richardson and Carla Houkamau -- Care Work and New Technologies of Care for Older People Living at Home / Celia Roberts, Maggie Mort and Christine Milligan -- Ageing, work and the demographic dividend in South Asia / Penny Vera-Sanso -- Age and Generational Differences in Work Psychology: Facts, Fictions, and Meaningful Work / Paul Fairlie -- Part Three: Managing An Aging Workforce -- Comparative Age Management: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Implications / Stephan Boehm, Heike Schr�oder, and Florian Kunze -- Demographic Challenges for Human Resource Management: Implications from Management and Psychological Theories / Birgit Verworn, Christiane Hipp and Doreen -- Age stereotypes in the workplace: multidimensionality, cross-cultural applications, and directions for future research / Richard A. Posthuma and Laura Guerrero -- Older Workers, Occupational Stress and Safety / Gary A. Adams, Sarah DeArmond, Steve M. Jex and Jennica R. Webster -- Training Older Workers: A Review / Yu-Shan Hsu -- Older Workers in the Professions: Learning Challenges and StrategiesTara Fenwick Quality of work, wellbeing, and retirement / Johannes Siegrist and Morten Wahrendorf -- Part Four: Living In An Aging Society -- Working Caregivers in the 'Sandwiched Generation' / Margaret B. Neal, Leslie B. Hammer, Ayala Malach Pines, Todd E. Bodner, and Melissa L. Cannon -- The social connections of older Europeans / Martin Kohli and Harald Knemund -- Engaging elders in community and society / Stina Johansson -- Learning in later life / Franz Kolland and Anna Wanka -- The role of social networking games in maintaining intergenerational communications for older adults / Yunan Chen, Jing Wen and Bo Xie -- Making a case for the existence of generational stereotypes: a literature review and exploratory study / Elissa L. Perry, Apivat Hanvongse and Danut A. Casoinic -- Part Five: Developing Public Policy -- Reconstructing work and retirement: Labour market trends and policy issues / Chris Phillipson -- Policies for older adult learning: the case of the European Union / Marvin Formosa -- Optimizing the Long Future of Aging: Beyond Involvement to Engagement / Jacquelyn Boone James, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Jennifer Kane Coplon, and Betty Eckhaus Cohen -- The measurement of multiple dimensions of subjective well-being in later life / Bram Vanhoutte -- Legal aspects of age discrimination / Malcolm Sargeant
Key international contributors come together to create a definitive map of the subject. Framed by an authoritative introductory chapter, 'The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society' offers a critical overview of the most significant themes and topics, with discussions of current research, theoretical controversies and emerging issues
9781446207826 (hbk) 144620782X (hbk)
Age and employment
Older people--Employment
Older people--Social conditions