Overview

The aging of baby boomers, along with the predicted decrease of the available labor pool, will place increased scrutiny and emphasis on issues relating to an aging workforce. Furthermore, future economic downturns will place strong pressure on older workers to remain in the workforce, and on retirees to seek employment again. Aging and Work in the 21st Century reviews, summarizes, and integrates existing literature from various disciplines with regard to aging and work. Chapter authors, all leading experts within their respective areas, provide recommendations for future research, practice, and/or public policy. This definitive source comprehensively reviews: trends and implications regarding the demography, income, and diversity of the aging workforce; the issue of age bias in the workplace; job performance, work-related attitudes, training and development, and career issues of older workers; and topics of age and occupational health, technology, work and family issues, and retirement. The intended audience is advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers in the disciplines of industrial and organizational psychology; developmental psychology; gerontology; sociology; economics; and social work. Older worker advocate organizations, like AARP, will also take interest in this edited book.

Full Product Details

Author:   Kenneth S. Shultz (California State University, San Bernardino, USA) ,  Gary A. Adams (University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Psychology Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780805857269

ISBN 10:   0805857265
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   23 February 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9781138052741
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Series Foreword. Preface. G.A. Adams, K.S. Shultz, Editors’ Overview. D. Alley, E. Crimmins, The Demography of Aging and Work. M.A. Taylor, H.A. Geldhauser, Low-Income Older Workers. C. Goldberg, Diversity Issues for an Aging Workforce. L.M. Finkelstein, S.K. Farrell, An Expanded View of Age Bias in the Workplace. J.N. Cleveland, A.S. Lim, Employee Age and Performance in Organizations. J. Barnes-Farrell, R. Matthews, Age and Work Attitudes. T.J. Maurer, Employee Development and Training Issues Related to the Aging Workforce. D.C. Feldman, Career Mobility and Career Stability Among Older Workers. S.M. Jex, M. Wang, A. Zarubin, Aging and Occupational Health. N. Charness, S. Czaja, J. Sharit, Age and Technology for Work. B.B. Baltes, L.M. Young, Aging and Work/Family Issues. T.A. Beehr, M.M. Bennett, Examining Retirement From a Multi-Level Perspective. K.S. Shultz, G.A. Adams, In Search of a Unifying Paradigm for Understanding Aging and Work in the 21st Century.

Reviews

This book meets the pressing need for a comprehensive review of an area that is both personally and societally important. It ranges widely and helpfully across key issues of organizational practice and public policy. - Peter Warr, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK An important volume! Shultz, Adams, and their many expert contributors provide a comprehensive review of the issues at the interface of aging and employment. The work is broadly conceived and highly integrative (chapters range in focus from the demography of aging at work, to issues of diversity, discrimination, and career patterns; to concerns about job attitudes and performance, occupational health, technology, training, and retirement). Taken as a whole, the work provides important insights into the experience of aging in the workplace, and into the challenges faced by organizations as they struggle to adapt to a changing workforce. This book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, management professionals, and policy-makers. - Robert O. Hansson, McFarlin Professor of Psychology, University of Tulsa, USA The authors of the individual chapters are among the best to address their topic areas...The editors have been unusually careful to introduce the chapters in their overview and explain the design of the book and topics selected. In their closing chapter they offer important summaries and provide valuable suggestions for future research and practice...Most of the critical issues in aging and work are addressed in this well organized and well written book. - Harvey L. Sterns, Ph. D., Professor and Director, Institute for Life-Span Development and Gerontology, The University of Akron< USA Aging and Work in the 21st Century is a fundamental read in gerontology designed to help students, professionals, and academics understand the complex nature of work and retirement in relation to social-psychological contexts. This work is particularly salient for practitioners in human resources and other management professions who have not experienced academic training in gerontology or aging studies. - Rajean Paul Moone, Ph. D., Hartford Fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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