Aging and Work (häftad)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
456
Utgivningsdatum
2009-11-26
Förlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensioner
231 x 161 x 32 mm
Vikt
854 g
ISBN
9780801892738

Aging and Work

Issues and Implications in a Changing Landscape

Inbunden,  Engelska, 2009-11-26
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Both jobs and the workforce have changed dramatically in recent years. Manufacturing has given way to a technology-driven, information-based workplace. People are working until later in life and the pool of workers is growing more diverse. Flexible hours and telecommuting are increasingly common. This volume addresses the challenges confronting an aging labor force as it deals with profound shifts in employment and organizations and what these changes mean for society. Drawing from the varied fields of gerontology, psychology, public policy, occupational health and safety, human factors engineering, and business, the contributors summarize what is known about aging and employment, discuss likely future issues, and raise specific questions for researchers and policy makers to address to prepare places of employment and the workforce for a vastly different tomorrow. The first section explains employment and demographic trends from an academic perspective and includes information about altered work patterns among older employees. The second section provides both public policy and business-oriented views on how to better integrate aging employees into the workplace. In the third section, the contributors explore how technology, new employment practices, and entrepreneurship play into the new and evolving nature of work. Section four examines employers' expectations for older employees, and the fifth section assesses current ergonomic standards and the adjustments necessary to accommodate an aging labor pool. This multidisciplinary, comprehensive assessment of the state of aging and work addresses a wide range of topics relevant to academic researchers and practitioners, government and industry leaders, and workers and managers in the public and private sectors.

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Sara J. Czaja is the director of the Center on Research and Education for Aging and Technology, co-director of the Center on Aging, and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami. Joseph Sharit is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami.