Managing an Age Diverse Workforce

✍ Scribed by Shaun Tyson, Emma Parry

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Unique in the multiple approaches that it encompasses, this book includes discussions of both older and younger workers, employer and employee perspectives, generational and age diversity and international comparisons. It includes both conceptual argument and empirical research in order to provide insights into this important area.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
About the Editors......Page 11
Notes on Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 16
Part I: The Importance of Age Diversity......Page 20
2 The Business Case for an Age-diverse Workforce......Page 22
3 Age Discrimination and the Law: Forging the Way Ahead......Page 39
Part II: The Nature of Age and Age Diversity......Page 56
4 Situating Age (In)equality within the Paradigm and Practices of Diversity Management......Page 58
5 The Relationship between Gender and Age......Page 74
6 The Prism of Age: Managing Age Diversity in the Twenty-First-Century Workplace......Page 95
7 The Impact of Generational Diversity on People Management......Page 110
Part III: The Employee’s Perspective......Page 128
8 Ageism and Age Discrimination: The Experiences and Perceptions of Older Employees......Page 130
9 The Role of Age in Career Progression: Motivation and Barriers to Fulfilment in Older Employees......Page 144
10 Younger Academics' Expectations about Work and Future Employers......Page 165
Part IV: The Employer’s Perspective on Managing an Age-Diverse Workforce......Page 186
11 Extending Working Life: The Retention of Older Workers......Page 188
12 The Importance of 'Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks': Training and Learning Opportunities for Older Workers......Page 204
13 Health and Well-Being in Older Workers: Capacity Change with Age......Page 221
Part V: Managing an Age-Diverse Workforce Across National Contexts......Page 236
14 The Impact of National Context on Managing Age Diversity: The Cases of the UK and Germany......Page 238
15 Working Longer in National Contexts: Comparing Japan and the United States......Page 261
References......Page 276
Index......Page 313