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Role ambiguity
— older workers in the demographic transition | | Author(s) | Rob Ranzijn |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 29, no 3, Summer 2004 |
| Pages | pp 281-307 |
| Source | http://www.transactionpub.com |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Recruitment ; Employers ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Qualitative Studies ; Quantitative studies ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Recent empirical evidence is presented to support the argument that policies designed to increase workforce participation of older workers have been unsuccessful, because they have not recognised the contradictory attitudes towards older workers of employers, government and older workers themselves. Qualitative and quantitative research with Australian employers, employees and older job seekers were used to test two hypotheses. The first concerns the low success rate of mature-aged job-seekers, the second, the worth of older workers with regard to the work-related attributes required in the new world of work. It was concluded that currently employed older workers are valued for their task- and organisation-specific skills which, however, count for little when competing for a new job. The paper concludes by suggesting that a radical change in attitudes toward the training and trainability of older workers is required of all parties. A strong emphasis on training should be a cornerstone of policies aimed at increasing mature-aged workforce participation, which will be increasingly essential in coming decades. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070503234 A |
| Classmark | GC: WK6: TF: TOB: 3DP: 3DQ: 7YA |
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