The SAGE handbook on aging, work and society / edited by John Field, Ronald J. Burke, and Cary L. Cooper.

Contributor Field, John, 1949-

Imprint:London : Sage, c2013.

Descriptionxix, 540 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Note:1. The aging workforce: individual, organizational and societal opportunities and challenges / Ronal J. Burke, Cary Cooper, and John Field -- Part I: Key issues and challenges. 2. World population in historical perspective / Tommy Bengtsson and Kirk Scott ; 3. Research on age diversity in the workforce: current trends and future research directions / Florian Kunze and Stephan A. Boehm ; 4. Prolonging working life in an aging world: a cross-national perspective on labor market and welfare policies toward active aging / Anne-Marie Guillemard ; 5. Migration and workforce aging / John Field -- Part 2: The aging workforce. 6. Work performance and the older worker / Margaret E. Beier and Ruth Kanfer ; 7. Age and work motives / Cort W. Rudolph, Boris B. Baltes, and Keith L. Zabel ; 8. New patterns of late-career employment / Kerr Inkson, Margaret Richardson, and Carla Houkamau ; 9. Care work and new technologies of care for older people living at home / Celia Roberts, Maggie Mort, and Christine Milligan ; 10. Aging, work, and the demographic dividend in South Asia / Penny Ver-Sanso ; 11. Age and generational differences in work psychology: facts, fictions, and meaningful work / Paul Fairlie -- Part 3: Managing an aging workforce. 12. Comparative age management: theoretical perspectives and practical implications / Stephan A. Boehm, Heike S. Schroder, and Florian Kunze ; 13. Demographic challenges for human resource management: implications from management and psychological theories / Birgit Verworn, Christiane Hipp, and Doreen Weber ; 14. Age stereotypes in the workplace: multidimensionality, cross-cultural applications, and directions for future research / Richard A. Posthuma and Laura Guerrero ; 15. Older workers, occupational stress and safety / Gary A. Adams, Sarah DeArmond, Steve M. Jex, and Jennica R. Webster ; 16. Training older workers: a review / Yu-Shan Hsu ; 17. Older workers in the professions: learning challenges and strategies / Tara Fenwick ; 18. Quality of work, wellbeing and retirement / Johannes Siegrist and Morten Wahrendorf -- Part 4: Living in an aging society. 19. Working caregivers in the 'sandwiched generation' / Margaret B. Neal, Leslie B. Hammer, Ayala Malach Pines, Todd E. Bodner and Melissa L. Cannon ; 20. The social connections of older Europeans / Martin Kohli and Harald Kunemund ; 21. Engaging elders in community and society / Stina Johansson ; 22. Learning in later life / Franz Kolland and Anna Wanka ; 23. The role of social networking games in maintaining intergenerational communications for older adults / Yunan Chen, Jing Wen, and Bo Xie ; 24. Making a case for the existence of generational stereotypes: a literature review and exploratory study / Elissa L. Perry, Apivat Hanvongse, and Danut A. Casoinic -- Part 5: Developing public policy. 25. Reconstructing work and retirement: labour market trends and policy issues / Chris Phillipson ; 26. Policies for older adult learning: the case for the European Union / Marvin Formosa ; 27. Optimizing the long future of aging: beyond involvement to engagement / Jacquelyn Boone James, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Jennifer Kane Coplon, and Betty Eckhaus Cohen ; 28. The measurement of multiple dimensions of subjective well-being in later life / Bram Vanhoutte / 29. Legal aspects of age discrimination / Malcolm Sargeant.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

This item has been checked out 2 time(s)
and currently has 0 hold request(s).