Current and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work | Why Singles Prefer to Retire Later | The Ageing Workforce in Ireland | Sustaining the “longevity dividend” Current and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work Editors: Sara J. Czaja, Joseph Sharit and Jacquelyn B. James Springer, Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24135-3 This timely [...]
On the Interactive Effects of Objective and Subjective Age on Work Outcomes for Men and Women Justin Marcus, Barbara A Fritzsche, Yin Lu Ng, On the Interactive Effects of Objective and Subjective Age on Work Outcomes for Men and Women, Work, Aging and Retirement, waz018, https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waz018 Abstract Based upon theory [...]
Reporting tools CEPAR has a range of reporting tools for participating organisations. Participants are given real-time access to rich data on their workforce and organisational policies, as well as survey data and intervention data. More tools are currently in development. Survey Feedback Platform The M-WOS survey is conducted in [...]
CEPAR's Age Diversity Management Model, developed by Prof Sharon Parker and Dr Daniela Andrei at Curtin University, categorises the key ingredients necessary for managing an age-diverse workforce. These ingredients are explained below:
Effects of Early Retirement Policy Changes on Working until Retirement: Natural Experiment Boot, C.R.; Scharn, M.; van der Beek, A.J.; Andersen, L.L.; Elbers, C.T.; Lindeboom, M. Effects of Early Retirement Policy Changes on Working until Retirement: Natural Experiment. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3895. Many European countries have implemented [...]
Legislative committee clears anti-age bias bill A bill to ban age discrimination in the workplace yesterday cleared the committee stage at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. The aim of the bill is to help boost the working rate of middle-aged and elderly people, protect their right to rejoin the workforce and [...]
Research news: Employees’ perceptions of their future | Gendered ageism | Leveraging mature workers Occupational Future Time Perspective: A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Outcomes Rudolph, C., Kooij, D., Rauvola, R., & Zacher, H. (2018). Occupational future time perspective: A meta‐analysis of antecedents and outcomes. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(2), 229–248. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2264 Occupational future [...]
Understanding Older Worker Precarity Lain, D. et al (2019). Understanding Older Worker Precarity: The Intersecting Domains of Jobs, Households and the Welfare State. Ageing & Society, 39, 2219–2241 doi:10.1017/S0144686X18001253 We argue that many older workers, not just those in ‘precarious jobs’, feel a sense of ‘onto- logical precarity’. Pressures to work longer, [...]
Include, Individualize, and Integrate: Organizational Meta-strategies for Mature Workers Sharon K Parker, Daniela M Andrei Work, Aging and Retirement, waz009, https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waz009 Published: 2 September 2019 Abstract In this commentary, we synthesize the literature on mature workers in organizations to support the development of an intervention-focused research program. We identify 3 broad approaches, or [...]
3 strategies to help harness the benefits of a mature workforce New Curtin University-led research has identified how organisations can overcome the so-called ‘challenge’ of Australia’s ageing workforce in order to reap the benefits of an age diverse workforce. The research, published in Work, Ageing and Retirement, identified three types of strategies, known [...]
