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xix, 540 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 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 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 edited by John Field, Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper Includes bibliographical references and index Age and employment Older people Employment Older people Social conditions 9781446207826 (hbk) 144620782X (hbk) UMP 150722 20251125100357.0 vtls000090216