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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
Research on Age Diversity in the Workforce: Current Trends and Future Research Directions
Research on Age Diversity in the Workforce: Current Trends and Future Research Directions
Introduction
A better understanding and more effective handling of diversity in the workplace have become key success factors for organizations around the world (Thomas and Ely, 1996). Due to mega-trends like increasing globalization (Rodrik, 2008;Wiersema and Bowen, 2008), the rising importance of cross-national and cross-functional work units and teams (Robinson and Dechant, 1997), and the growing labor force participation of women (Jaumotte, 2003; Juhn and Potter, 2006), workforce diversity is increasing in most organizations.
Referring to the collective amount of differences among members within a social unit (Harrison and Sin, 2006), the concept of diversity was originally applied with a ...
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