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Employers and older workers
— attitudes and employment practices | | Author(s) | Philip Taylor, Alan Walker |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 18, part 6, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 641-658 |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Employers ; Managers ; Industries ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Conditions of employment ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The research on which this article is based examined the relationship between attitudes of personnel managers and directors in large industrial organisations towards older workers, and their employment practices. It aimed to explore the operation of ageism in the workplace and the social construction of age in organisations, and to provide practical information to better inform policy making towards older workers. Analysis indicated that attitudes associated with recruitment, training and promotion practices were: perceived trainability, creativity, cautiousness, physical capabilities, the likelihood of having an accident, and ability to work with younger workers. Attitudes which showed no relationship with employment practices were: perceived productivity, reliability, ability to adapt to new technology, interest in technological change, and flexibility. These findings stress the need to target stereotypical attitudes towards older workers, if age barriers are to be removed: educational campaigns alone are likely to exert only limited influence against a background of long-term decline in economic activity rates among older workers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990416001 A |
| Classmark | GC: TF: T6: X: TOB: WKA: 3F |
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