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Aging has emerged as a major and urgent issue for individuals, organisations and governments of our time.
In this well-timed and comprehensive handbook, key international contributors to the field of study 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, divided into sections covering:
Key Issues and Challenges; The Aging Workforce; Managing an Aging Workforce; Living in an Aging Society; Developing Public Policy
Older Workers in the Professions: Learning Challenges and Strategies
Older Workers in the Professions: Learning Challenges and Strategies
Introduction
Policy focus on older workers (50+ years of age) has steadily increased in many countries concerned about retaining these workers in the paid labour force – more specifically, retaining skilled and satisfied older workers (EU 2007, HRDC 2000, HRSDC 2013, OECD 2006, UK 2006). These policies are often linked to concerns for increased ratios of aging citizens to active workers, projections of a general critical shortage in skilled labour, and evidence of workplace ageism and exclusion. Studies have shown, for example, that older workers experience devaluing of their knowledge, stereotyping, subtle barriers to learning opportunities, and pressure to present themselves as younger and technologically savvy (Ainsworth 2006, Carroll ...
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