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Dealing with older workers in Europe — a comparative survey of employers' attitudes and actions
Author(s)	Hendrik P van Dalen, Kčne Henkens, Joop Schippers
Journal title	Journal of European Social Policy, vol 19, no 1, February 2009
Pages	pp 47-60
Source	http://esp.sagepub.com
Keywords	Employment of older people ; Recruitment ; Attitude ; Employers ; Comparison ; Greece ; Spain ; Netherlands ; United Kingdom.
Annotation	A comparative survey among employers from four European countries - Greece, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom - is used to examine their expectations with respect to the ageing of the workforce, the productivity of older workers, and their recruitment and retention behaviour regarding this cohort. The results show that in spite of the perceived challenges ahead (including the ageing workforce), employers take no substantial measures to retain and recruit older workers or improve their productivity. Only employers in the United Kingdom seem to recognise older workers as a valuable source of labour supply and act accordingly. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090127209 A
Classmark	GC: WK6: DP: TF: 48: 76X: 76S: 76H: 8
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