Current and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work

This timely volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive summary about what is known about aging and work and addresses the challenges and opportunities confronting older workers and organizations. The authors describe current and emerging topics related to work and aging adults such as working in teams, the increasing diversity of the labor force, work and caregiving, the implications of technology for an aging workforce, and health and wellness issues. The authorship is international; the authors are renowned for their respective work in the topical areas and represent a broad range of disciplines within academia, as well as offer perspectives from government and policy. Jobs, organizations, the labor market, and the workforce are experiencing dramatic change. Workers of all ages, including older workers, need to interact with the wide variety of ubiquitous technologies that are reshaping work processes, job content, work settings, communication strategies, and the delivery of training, and this book aims to update readers on the particular issues facing today’s aging adults in the workplace. The chapters’ broad and inclusive scope encompasses: * Workplace aging and jobs in the 21st century * The retirement income security outlook for older workers * Population aging, age discrimination, and age discrimination protections * Older workers and the contemporary labor market * The role of aging, age diversity, and age heterogeneity within teams * The intersection of family caregiving and work __Current and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work__ is relevant to a broad audience of academic researchers, practitioners, and students in psychology, sociology, management, engineering (industrial and human factors), the health sciences, gerontology/geriatrics, and public health. It is also a useful resource for government and policy leaders, as well as workers and managers in the public and private sectors. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Setting the Stage: Workplace and Demographic Trends (Sara J. Czaja)....Pages 3-11 Workplace Aging and Jobs in the Twenty-First Century (Margaret E. Beier, W. Jackeline Torres, Daniel J. Beal)....Pages 13-32 Leveraging Aging Workforce and Age Diversity to Achieve Organizational Goals: A Human Resource Management Perspective (Ariane Froidevaux, Valeria Alterman, Mo Wang)....Pages 33-58 Integrating the German and US Perspective on Organizational Practices for Later Life Work: The Later Life Work Index (Max R. Wilckens, Anne M. Wöhrmann, Caitlin Adams, Jürgen Deller, Ruth Finkelstein)....Pages 59-79 Front Matter ....Pages 81-81 Time for a Twenty-First Century Understanding of Older Workers, Aging, and Discrimination (Cathy Ventrell-Monsees)....Pages 83-100 Extended Working Lives: Feasible and Desirable for All? (David Lain, Mariska van der Horst, Sarah Vickerstaff)....Pages 101-119 The Retirement Income Security Outlook for Older Workers: Causes for Concern and Reasons for Optimism (Kevin E. Cahill, Joseph F. Quinn)....Pages 121-140 How Much Does Work Pay at Older Ages? (Damir Cosic, Richard W. Johnson)....Pages 141-162 Population Aging, Age Discrimination, and Age Discrimination Protections at the 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (Patrick Button)....Pages 163-188 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 A Human Factors Engineering Perspective to Aging and Work (Joseph Sharit)....Pages 191-218 Work Motivation and Employment Goals in Later Adulthood (Ruth Kanfer, Keaton A. Fletcher)....Pages 219-241 Can Acquired Skill and Technology Mitigate Age-Related Declines in Learning Rate? (Neil Charness)....Pages 243-257 Training the Older Workers: Pathways and Pitfalls (Harvey L. Sterns, Diane M. Spokus)....Pages 259-278 Front Matter ....Pages 279-279 How Do Employers Respond to an Aging Workforce? Evidence from Surveys Among Employers, 2009–2017 (Jaap Oude Mulders, Kène Henkens, Hendrik P. van Dalen)....Pages 281-296 A Narrative Review: Understanding How Employment Context Influences the Occupational Health and Well-Being of Older Workers in Low-Wage Jobs (Jennifer E. Swanberg, Lily Scheindlin, Gail Betz, Aya Zouhri)....Pages 297-317 The Role of Aging, Age Diversity, and Age Heterogeneity Within Teams (Jensine Paoletti, Jacqueline M. Gilberto, Margaret E. Beier, Eduardo Salas)....Pages 319-336 Difficult Adjustments: Older Workers and the Contemporary Labor Market (Maria Heidkamp, Carl Van Horn)....Pages 337-353 Beyond the Livelong Workday: Is There a New Face of Retirement? (Jacquelyn B. James, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ernest Gonzales, Christina Matz-Costa, Anna Riddle-Wilder)....Pages 355-374 The Stickiness of Quality Work: Exploring Relationships Between the Quality of Employment and the Intent to Leave/Intent to Retire (Tay McNamara, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes)....Pages 375-395 Front Matter ....Pages 397-397 The Intersection of Family Caregiving and Work: Labor Force Participation, Productivity, and Caregiver Well-Being (Richard Schulz)....Pages 399-413 Decreasing Disability Rates in Older Workers: Some Newer Research Directions (Robert B. Wallace)....Pages 415-427 Designing Age-Friendly Workplaces: An Occupational Health Perspective (James W. Grosch, Juliann C. Scholl)....Pages 429-451 Back Matter ....Pages 453-463