The UK workforce is becoming older and many people over 50 years want and need to continue working. Limited knowledge is available regarding their needs or the organisational issues that will arise. Similarly, there is a paucity of information regarding current work system design for older...

I would like to thank the organisers for their invitation and for giving me the opportunity to share with you the way a professional organisation sees age management in enterprises. The Swiss Association of Financial Employees (Swiss SEC) is the largest Swiss Oorganisation covering employees...

In the current demographic context, constantly denounced on the polititical scene and on the media, the present and future risks for enterprises are many and can, in the mid or long term, endanger their durability and competitiveness...

Health problems and perceived consequences on work; Age and frequency of three periarticular afflictions; Some effects of articular problems in assembly line workers(airplanes)...

Examines the changing face of work and retirement as economies face the prospect of ageining workforces. Reviews the status of policymaking concerned with age and employment and how it needs to be adapted to the changing circumstances and characteristics of individuals and societies...

On a Macro level - learn to manage a multigenerational work force! Ensure open communication. Honestly adress concerns. Being open and transaprent will go a long way to flushing out issues and retaining your best people. Respect the different values held by different age groups. This simply...

We present evidence from a randomized trial of the impact of matching workers to jobs using the deferred acceptance (DA) algorithm. Our setting is the U.S. Army's annual many-to-one marketplace that matches 10,000 officers to units. Officers and jobs are partitioned into over 100 distinct...

This paper utilizes a unique dataset collected through site visits to extend the analysis of the relationship between the human resource management environment and establishment performance to the service sector, specifically the branch operations of a large bank. Case studies of several...

Increasingly, firms are considering the adoption of new work practices, such as problem-solving teams, enhanced communication with workers, employment security, flexibility in job assignments, training workers for multiple jobs, and greater reliance on incentive pay. This paper provides...

This paper estimates the effects of systems of human resource management policies on the performance of U.S. manufacturing businesses. OLS results for labor productivity and Tobin's q models both reveal that nonunion businesses that employ a human resource management system with flexible job...