The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society by Ronald J. Burke (Editor); Cary L. Cooper (Editor); John Field; John Field (Editor)ISBN: 9781446207826
Publication Date: 2013-10-16
Increasing life expectancy, improved health care, and economic conditions are contributing to an increase in numbers of older workers. Academicians Field, Burke, and Cooper have edited this timely collection of research articles on the aging workforce, which focuses on literature reviews and public policy issues. The literature reviews cover key issues related to older workers, including demographics, work performance, work motives, human resource practices, training, stereotypes, social connections, and late career employment of older workers. The latter can involve phased retirement, encore careers often involving leadership in nonprofit organizations, self-employment, and bridge employment such as part-time and temporary work. Public policy issues involve extending the scope of flexible employment, improving health insurance, enhancing family care giving, improving retirement options, increasing volunteerism opportunities, and reducing age discrimination. Some articles compare Asian, European, and American workforces, while others compare generational differences among members of the baby boom, Generation X, and Generation Y. All articles in the volume are based on literature from top-tier journals in business, sociology, and psychology. See related, Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-term Implications of an Older Population, by the National Research Council (CH, Jun'13, 50-5701).