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Sharon Parker on SBS Radio – mature workers feel excluded
Listen on SBS Prof. Sharon Parker was interviewed by SBS on 21 March and stressed the importance of mature workers staying in the workforce beyond retirement age to ease the burden on younger workers. Redesigning jobs is critical to meeting [...]
Mature workers news roundup – March 2020
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for March 2020. Coronavirus is changing work forever. Here’s how to make ageism a thing of the past (USA) Massive layoffs, huge numbers of employees working from home, [...]
Congratulations to GHD!
GHD, one of our industry partners, has been named by Human Resources Director magazine’s as one of Australia’s 30 most innovative HR teams for 2020. Every year, GHD organises an event called Inclusion Day to help educate and raise awareness about the [...]
Research: Ageism & older people’s health | New workplace age-friendliness model
Global reach of ageism on older persons’ health: A systematic review | Conceptualizing Age-Friendliness in Workplaces: Proposing a New Multidimensional Model Global reach of ageism on older persons’ health: A systematic review Chang ES, Kannoth S, Levy S, Wang [...]
Mature workers news roundup – February 2020
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for February 2020. Not justified - ET hands down ruling on university's compulsory retirement age (UK) In its recent ruling in the case of Ewart v. The University of [...]
Research: Health and return to work after retirement | Successful ageing at work
The Effects of Taking Up Employment After Pension Age on Self-Rated Health in Germany and the UK | Successful Aging at Work: A Process Model to Guide Future Research and Practice The Effects of Taking Up Employment After Pension Age [...]
Research: Age & leadership | Lost work opportunity | Trans-America retirement survey
Getting old at the top – age and leadership | Redefining measurement of lost-work opportunity | 19th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey Getting old at the top – age and leadership Thrasher, G. R., Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Dickson, M. W. (2020). [...]
Research news: employers discriminate on age at in-person interviews
Strong evidence employers discriminate on age at in-person interviews Newmark, D. (2020). Age Discrimination in Hiring: Evidence from Age-Blind vs. Non-Age-Blind Hiring Procedures. NBER Working Paper No. 26623, January 2020, JEL No. J14,J7. https://www.nber.org/papers/w26623.pdf I study [...]
Sharon Parker recognised among the world’s most influential scientists
Congratulations Sharon! Mature Workers in Organisations Chief Investigator, Prof. Sharon Parker, has been named among the world’s most influential scientists and social scientists in the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list released by the Web of Science Group. The annual edition acknowledges [...]
Research news: work satisfaction | flexible work & retirement savings | gender roles | more
Age and work satisfaction | Flexible work's influence on retirement savings | Gender roles and employment pathways | Reactions to age stereotypes Age, Person–Environment Fit and Work Satisfaction Rauvola, R. S., Rudolph, C. W., Ebbert, L. K., & Zacher, [...]