Managing an Age-Diverse Workforce

by E. Parry (Editor), S. Tyson (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230240933
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/24/2010
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	311
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

VANESSA BECK Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Centre for Labour Market Studies, University of Leicester, UK DIANNE BOWN WILSON Consultant in Age Management and a Doctoral Researcher at Cranfield School of Management, UK MELISSA BROWN Research Assistant at the Sloan Centre on Aging and Work and a Doctoral Candidate in the School of Social Work at Boston College, USA DONNA BUTTIGIEG Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Monash University, Australia FIONA CARMICHAEL Reader in Industrial and Labour Economics at the University of Birmingham, UK ALAN FELSTEAD Research Professor at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK MATT FLYNN Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Middlesex University Business School, UK SARAH HARPER Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Institute of Ageing, UK JONATHAN HERRING Fellow in Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford, UK MASA HIGO Research Associate at Sloan Centre on Aging and Work at Boston College, USA CLAIRE HULME Lecturer in Health Economics at the Academic Unit of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK BARBARA INGHAM Reader in Economics at the University of Salford, UK JUNGUI LEE Research Associate at Sloan Centre on Aging and Work at Boston College, USA WENDY LORETTO Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK CHRISTINA MATZ COSTA MSW Associate Director of Research at the Sloan Centre on Aging and Work at Boston College and a Ph.D. Candidate in the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, USA WOLFGANG MAYRHOFER Professor of Management at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Austria MICHAEL MULLER CAMEN Professor of International Human Resource Management at Middlesex University Business School, UK ODD NORDHAUG Professor in Administrative Science at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway CARLOS OBESO Professor in Personnel Management at ESADE-Barcelona, Spain MARCIE PITT-CATSOUPHES directs the Sloan Centre on Aging and Work at Boston College where she is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Work, with an appointment at the Carroll School of Management. She is a Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, UK LORNA PORCELLATO Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences at Liverpool John Moore's University, UK ARVIN PRASHAR Research Fellow at the University of Salford, UK KAT RIACH Lecturer in Management at Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction;  E.Parry & S.Tyson PART I: THE IMPORTANCE OF AGE DIVERSITY The Business Case for an Age-diverse Workforce;  D.Buttigieg Age Discrimination and the Law: Forging the Way Ahead;  J.Herring PART II: THE NATURE OF AGE AND AGE DIVERSITY Situating Age (in) Equality Within the Paradigm and Practices of Diversity Management;  K.Riach The Relationship between Gender and Age;  W.Loretto & S.Vickerstaff The Prism of Age: Managing Age in the 21st Century Workplace;  M.Pitt-Catsoupes, C.Matz-Costa & M.Brown The Impact of Generational Diversity on People Management; E.Parry & P.Urwin PART III: THE EMPLOYEE'S PERSPECTIVE Ageism and Age Discrimination: The Experience and Perceptions of Older Employees;  F.Carmichael, C.Hulme, L.Porcellato, B.Ingham & A.Prashar The Role of Age in Career Progression: Motivation and Barriers to Fulfilment in Older Employees;  D.Bown Wilson Younger Academics Expectations about Work and Future Employers;  W.Mayrhofer, O.Nordhang & C.Obeso PART IV: THE EMPLOYER'S PERSPECTIVE ON MANAGING AN AGE-DIVERSE WORKFORCE Extending Working Life: The Retention of Older Workers;  V.Beck The Importance of 'teaching old dogs new tricks': Training and Learning Opportunities for Older Workers;  A.Felstead Health and Well-being in Older Workers: Capacity Change with Age;  S.Harper PART V: MANAGING AN AGE-DIVERSE WORKFORCE ACROSS NATIONAL CONTEXTS The Impact of National Context on Managing Age Diversity: The Case of the UK and Germany;  M.Müller-Camen, M.Flynn & H.Schroder Working Longer in National Contexts: Comparing Japan and the United States;  M.Higo & J.Lee