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Author:   Stella Vettori ,  Professor Guler Aras ,  Professor David Crowther
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Gower Publishing Ltd
Edition:   No Edition
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780566089107

ISBN 10:   0566089106
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   28 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword, Evance Kalula; Introduction, Stella Vettori; Effects of labour mobilization on ageing populations and the regional discrepancies of the EU, Gökhan Sönmezler, Ismail Orcun Gündüz, Mehmet Serkan Yürük and Güney Çetin-Gürkan; Digital divide among the 50-56 year old workforce in Malaysia - preparations for the elderly workforce: case study of Selangor, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan, Doris Padmini Selvaratnam and Mohd Nasir Mohd Saukani; The weakest link in greying China's social security system, private sector policy and corporate social responsibility, Jacylyn Shi; Accountability, sustainability and social responsibility: the context of the labour market versus the ageing population in Portugal, Fátima David and Rute Abreu; The ageing population and the labour market in India, Jain Vijender; Challenging the ageing future: the impact of ageing in working life in Turkey, Ilke Oruc; Challenges faced by an ageing South Africa, Judith Geldenhuys; The ageing population in Botswana and the labour market, Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake; An explication of the legal and moral obligation to eradicate workplace ageism, Julia Shaw; Conclusion, Stella Vettori; Index.

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'As Vettori notes, problems arising from such demographic trends as ageing populations will require a multidisciplinary approach combining education policy, fiscal policy and industrial and human resource management policies...Vettori's edited volume captures the challenges facing developed and developing countries as they try to resolve the problem of demographic change and an ageing population...make(s) important contributions to the literature on employment and social policy development...' Clara Morgan, Work, Employment and Society

'As Vettori notes, problems arising from such demographic trends as ageing populations will require a multidisciplinary approach combining education policy, fiscal policy and industrial and human resource management policies...Vettori's edited volume captures the challenges facing developed and developing countries as they try to resolve the problem of demographic change and an ageing population...make(s) important contributions to the literature on employment and social policy development...' Clara Morgan, Work, Employment and Society

Author Information

Stella Vettori is Professor in the Mercantile Law Department, at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She has over fifteen years experience practising labour law, and as a trainer and consultant and has written extensively on her area of expertise, including authoring The Employment Contract and the Changed World of Work (Ashgate 2007). Internationally, Professor Vettori is a member of the Social Responsibility Research Network. Evance Kalula, Stella Vettori, Gokhan Sonmezler, Ismail Orcun Gunduz, Mehmet Serkan Yuruk, Guney Cetin-Gurkan, Doris Padmini Selvaratnam, Mohd Nasir Mohd Saukani, Jacylyn Shi, Fatima David, Rute Abreu, Jain Vijender, Ilke Oruc, Judith Geldenhuys, Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake, Julia Shaw.

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