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Older worker's adaptation to a changing workplace
— employment issues for the 21st century | | Author(s) | Dale E Yeatts, W Edward Folts, James Knapp |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 4, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 331-348 |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Employment ; Job requirements ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Literature reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The extent to which older workers leave their jobs rather than adapt to workplace changes has a large impact on the organisations they work for, on government programmes (especially social security), and on older workers themselves. A conceptualisation of the work adaptation process begins by recognising that older employees have needs, values and interests that must be met by their jobs in order for them to choose to remain employed and adapted to changes in the workplace. Simultaneously, a job has knowledge, skill, and ability requirements that must be met by the older employee in order for an employer to choose to retain the employee. As the job changes, the individual job fit is also likely to change, with the result often being that the employee is required to adapt. A review of the literature shows that there are a variety of factors of the individual, organisational and environmental levels that affect an older worker's choice and ability to adjust to workplace changes. These factors include the maintenance of training throughout a career, personnel policies towards older workers, and age discrimination. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990721211 A |
| Classmark | GC: WJ: WJA: TOB: 64A: 7T |
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