Aging and Work in the 21st Century / Edition 2

by Kenneth S Shultz, Gary A. Adams

Overview

Aging and Work in the 21st Century, 2^nd edition, reviews, summarizes, and integrates existing literature from various disciplines with regard to aging and work, but with a focus on recent advances in the field. Chapter authors, all leading experts within their respective areas, provide recommendations for future research, practice, and/or public policy. Fully revised and updated, the second edition takes up many of the same critical topics addressed in the first edition, and incorporates twelve new authors across the volume and three brand new chapters on recruitment and retention, legal issues, and global issues in work and aging.

The intended audience is advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers in the disciplines of industrial and organizational psychology; developmental psychology; gerontology; sociology; economics; and social work. Older worker advocate organizations, such as AARP, will also take interest in this edited book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138052765
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/18/2018
Series:	Applied Psychology Series
Edition description:	New
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kenneth S. Shultz is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Master of Science in I/O Psychology program at California State University, San Bernardino, USA.

Gary A. Adams is Professor of Management and Director of the Master of Science in Human Resources program at Marquette University, USA.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix

Series Foreword xv

Preface xvii

1 Introduction and Overview Gary A. Adams Kenneth S. Shultz 1

2 Recruiting and Retaining Older Employees: Planning, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Programs Mary Anne Taylor 13

3 Diversity Issues for an Aging Workforce: A Lifespan Intersectionality Approach Jennica Webster Christian Thoroughgood Katina Sawyer 34

4 An Expanded View of Age Bias in the Workplace Lisa M. Finkelstein Elizabeth A. Hanrahan Courtney L. Thomas 59

5 Legal Issues and the Aging Workforce E. Patrick McDermott Caren B. Goldberg 102

6 Employee Age and Performance in Organizations Jerry W. Hedge Walter C. Borman 123

7 Age(ing) and Work Attitudes Janet L. Barnes-Farrell Gretchen A. Petery Jeanette N. Cleveland Russell A. Matthews 146

8 Employee Development and Training Issues Related to the Aging Workplace Deborah A. Olson Debora Jeske 171

9 Career Embeddedness and Career Crafting among Older Workers Daniel C. Feldman Kenneth S. Shultz 191

10 Aging and Occupational Health Yisheng Peng Steve M. Jex Mo Wang 213

11 Age and Technology for Work Neil Charness Sara J. Czaja 234

12 Age and Work-Family Issues Reed J. Bramble Emma K. Duerk Boris B. Baltes 255

13 Retirement from Three Perspectives: Individuals, Organizations, and Society Minseo Kim Terry A. Beehr 273

14 Global Issues in Work, Aging, and Retirement Cort W. Rudolph Justin Marcus Hannes Zacher 292

Name Index 325

Subject Index 330

Editorial Reviews

"This book brings together a comprehensive perspective on aging and work in the 21st century. Leading scholars provide the reader with current insights of the many individual, organizational and public policy related aspects of an aging workforce. The book will be a great resource for all who have practical or scholarly interest in demographic change and the workplace."

—Kène Henkens, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI); University Medical Center Groningen; University of Amsterdam

"A forceful and comprehensive book examining the advances and coming challenges facing older individuals, organizations, and societies around the world. A must-read for students, practitioners, and policy makers concerned with workforce aging and the experience of aging related to work."

—Ruth Kanfer, Georgia Institute of Technology

"This Second Edition is an excellent resource on major issues of adult and older adult employment. Each chapter captures the evolution in thinking regarding major topics in aging and work and includes implications for practice and future directions for research."

—Harvey L. Sterns, The University of Akron

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