Digital Transformation and the Aging Workforce

Inequalities and Health Impacts Across Europe

AvSylwia Przytuła,Cristina Maria Tofan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book emerges at a moment when Europe is confronting two profound and interconnected transformations: the digitalisation of work and the ageing of its workforce. Drawing on comparative insights from 22 European countries and the collaborative work of COST Action CA21107: "Work Inequalities in Later Life Redefined by Digitalisation", the volume brings these developments into dialogue rather than treating them as separate policy or research concerns. It asks how digital change reshapes work inequalities, health, inclusion, and opportunity in later working life. Through an introductory chapter and 22 country chapters, the book offers a rich, context-sensitive account of how older workers experience digital transformation across diverse labour markets, institutions, and social settings. It synthesises existing knowledge on how work inequalities in later life are redefined by digitalisation, examines the impact of digitalised work environments on older workers’ health, and identifies best practices for understanding and overcoming digital challenges among older people across Europe. In doing so, the volume highlights both the risks of exclusion, technostress, and widening inequality, and the possibilities opened by inclusive technologies, lifelong learning, age-sensitive workplace design, and supportive public policies. It invites scholars, policymakers, employers, and practitioners to rethink digitalisation not only as a technological transition, but also as a social challenge that must be shaped deliberately to support fair, healthy, and sustainable working lives for all generations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Antal sidor:350
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041079606

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Offentlig förvaltning inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Miljömedicin inom Medicin

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Sylwia Przytuła is a professor at the Faculty of Management, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland. Her research interests include international HRM, academic expatriation, internationalization of higher education, and mobility and migration. She has participated in numerous international study visits and internships for academicsCristina Maria Tofan, scientific research and lecturer professor at the “Gheorghe Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy-Iasi Branch and the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Human Resources, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi (Romania). Currently she leads interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of mental health, education, and digital technology.Jeroen Spijker, is senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Family Studies of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, and affiliated researcher at the Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, Spain where he still co-leads the research lines “Health, Mortality and Causes of Death” and “Elderly Care”. He also co-leads with Tofan WG3 of the Digi-net COST Action CA21107.Jelle Lössbroek is a postdoctoral researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute and the University of Groningen. His research focuses on the labour market and related fields. He obtained his PhD degree in 2019 in Sociology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, on a dissertation about personnel policies for older workers in nine European countries.Nataliia Tkalenko is a Doctor of Sciences in Economics and a PhD in Project Management. She is affiliated with the Department of Management at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Her research interests include the social and labour-market implications of digitalisation, demographic change, lifelong learning, and sustainable workplaces. She has experience in interdisciplinary and international academic collaboration across research, teaching, and capacity-building in management, public administration, and digital transformation.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. Digitalisation and the Ageing Workforce in Europe: Inequalities, Health and Workplace Transformation 1. Digitalisation and the Aging Workforce: Addressing Social and Health Inequalities in Albania 2. Digitalisation, Ageing, and Inequalities: The Case of Older Workers in Cyprus 3. Digitalization, Health, and Social Inequalities among Older Workers in Czechia: Challenges and Emerging Practices 4. The Opportunities and Constraints of Digitalisation for Older Workers in France 5. Digitalisation and Ageing Workforces in Germany: Implications for Health, Inequality, and Employment 6. Digitalisation, Ageing and Social Inequality: The Case of Greek Workforce 7. Older workers in the age of digitalisation. The case of Hungary 8. Iceland: Digitalisation, Inequalities, and the Ageing Workforce in a Small Welfare Society 9. Digitalisation and the Ageing Workforce in Ireland: Inequalities, Health Impacts, and Pathways to Inclusion 10. Digital Transformation and the Ageing Workforce in Italy: Implications for Employment and Well-Being 11. Digital Transformation for Older Workers, Inequalities and Health Impacts in Latvia 12. Challenges and Responses of Older Workers in Lithuania’s Digital Transformation 13. Digitalisation, Health and Inequality of Older Workers in the Netherlands 14. Digital Inclusion, Inequalities and Health among Older Workers in Norway 15. Digitalisation and Its Impact on Social Inequalities and Health Among Older Workers in Poland 16. Digitalisation, Older Workers, Social Inequalities and Health in Portugal: Evidence, Policy Gaps and Best Practices 17. Digital transformation for older workers. Inequalities and health impacts in Romania 18. Bridging Digital Gaps in Later Working Life: Evidence from Spain on Health, Employment, and Improving Digital Skills 19. Senior Employees' Work Situation, Health and Measures from the Perspective of the Digitalisation of Working Life in Sweden 20. Digitalisation, ageing, and inequalities: The case of older workers in Switzerland 21. Older Workers in the Age of Digital Transformation: The Case of Türkiye 22. Digital Transformation and the Aging Workforce in the United Kingdom: Social Inequalities, Health Impacts, and Best Practices