Aging Workforce Handbook

Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou, University of Athens, Athens, GreeceRonald J. Burke, York University, Toronto, CanadaSir Cary L. Cooper, CBE, ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

Researchers from North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia provide 22 essays (including some country studies) on individual, organizational, and societal issues related to the aging workforce. They examine the mental health of the aging workforce; organizational initiatives to develop and retain older workers; psychological well-being and aging in the workplace; the effects of the institutional context on old age employment; young people's attitudes toward work and its impact on economic growth and the wealth of nations; stereotype, prejudice, and discrimination toward older workers; the concept of wisdom; and the role of human resource practices and other factors influencing the continuing work participation of older workers. Others address intergenerational learning and managing intergenerational relations in organizations; the effect of the disappearance of critical skills in the workforce; maintaining work ability to support and retain older workers; healthy aging in professional orchestral musicians; job performance and attitudes in later life; job insecurity, job loss, and reemployment; older people in political office; demographic trends and implications of the aging workforce; the effects of working on health; employers' attitudes toward older job seekers; and promoting non-discriminatory practices toward older employees in healthcare.

• 1. Mental Health of the Aging Workforce - Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou and Ioanna-Io Theodoritsi2. Organizational Initiatives to Develop and Retain Older Workers - Ronald J. Burke3. Successful Aging in the Workplace: A Comparison Study of Native Greeks, Pontic Greeks, and Albanian Immigrants - Marina Dalla and Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou4. Subjective Psychological Well-Being of the Aging Workforce in Times of Economic Crisis: The Case of Greece - Nikos Drosos and Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou5. Population Aging and Labor Market Policy in Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the Republic of Korea: The Effects of Institutional Context on Old Age Employment - Heike Schröder, Matt Flynn, Thomas Klassen, Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou and Myung-Joon Park6. The Changing Face of Education and Work: Attitudes toward Work and Its Impact on Economic Growth and the Wealth of Nations - Bruce Kirkcaldy and Adrian Furnham7. Stereotype, Prejudice, and Discrimination toward Older Workers: A Wind of Change? - Ulrike Fasbender8. Wisdom - Marc Schabracq and Roos Schabracq9. The Role of Human Resource Practices and Other Factors Influencing the Continuing Work Participation of Older Workers in New Zealand - Tim Bentley, Kate Blackwood, Bevan Catley, Michael O'Driscoll, Maree Roche, Stephen T. T. Teo and Linda Twiname10. Intergenerational Learning in Organizations: A Framework and Discussion of Opportunities - Fabiola H. Gerpott, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock and Sven C. Voelpel11. Critical Skills Loss The Effect of the Disappearance of Non-Replaceable Workforce - Peter Sandborn and Michael K. Williams12. A Conceptual Framework for Managing Intergenerational Relations in the Workplace - Donald Ropes and Antonia Ypsilanti13. Maintaining Work Ability to Support and Retain Older Workers - Grant Brady, Jennifer R. Rineer, David M. Cadiz and Donald M. Truxillo14. Hitting the High Notes: Healthy Aging in Professional Orchestral Musicians - Dianna T. Kenny and Bronwen J. Ackermann15. Job Performance and Job Attitudes in Later Life: The Role of Motives - Gregory R. Thrasher, Reed J. Bramble and Boris B. Baltes16. Job Insecurity, Job Loss, and Reemployment: Implications for an Aging Workforce - Lixin Jiang and Tahira M. Probst17. On Elders' Statesmanship. A View from Greek Antiquity - Anthony Makrydemetres18. Demographic Trends and Implications of the Aging Workforce, with Some Policy Options for Consideration - Asif Mujahid and Ronald J. Ozminkowski19. Working: Time Bomb or Time Well-Spent? - Ashley Weinberg20. Employers Attitudes toward Older-Worker Job Seekers: A Comprehensive Review with Recommendations for Action - Hila Axelrad and Jacquelyn B. James21. Aging in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities in China, India, Japan, and South Korea - Sukhbir Sandhu, Saras Sastrowardoyo, John Benson and Christina Scott-Young22. Compassionate Leadership: Promoting Non-Discriminatory Practice toward Older Employees in Healthcare - Sue Shea and Christos LionisIndex