Age diversity in the workplace : an organizational perspective / edited by Silvia Profili, Alessia Sammarra, Laura Innocenti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Profili, Silvia, editor.

Sammarra, Alessia, editor.

Innocenti, Laura, editor.

Series:

Advanced series in management ; v. 17.

Advanced series in management, 1877-6361 ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Organisations, as well as individuals and societies, continue to struggle with the complexity associated with unprecedenteddemographic changes. Workforce ageing and increasing age diversity are not transient phenomena, and their implications are compounded by the combination of several global trends like workers' increased mobility and migration, as well as increasing gender and ethnic differences. This demographic pressure compels organisations to question conventional ways of management thinking, doing and being in order to capitalize on the benefits of an age-diverse workforce.This volume bridges theoretical and empirical approaches in order to illuminate the challenges of valuing employees at any point in their professional lives, from youth to retirement. Embracing perspectives that span from the individual to the organisational levels of analysis, the book explores the two distinct but intertwined phenomena of workforce ageing and increasing workforce age diversity.The volume is divided into two parts. Contributions in the first section raise questions about the meanings of age and age diversity, as well as how and when age matters in organisations. The second part of the book examines the role andcontribution of HR practices in forging an age-inclusive workplace.

Contents:

Prelims

Framing age and age diversity in organizations

Age diversity at work. Rethinking organizational practices

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781787432420

1787432424

9781787430730

1787430731