ABSTRACT
Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce examines the shifting economic, cultural, and technological trends in the modern workplace that are taking place as a result of the aging global workforce. Taking an international perspective, contributors address workforce aging issues around the world, allowing for productive cross-cultural comparisons. Chapters adopt a use-inspired approach, with contributors proposing solutions to real problems faced by organizations, including global teamwork, unemployed youth, job obsolescence and over-qualification, heavy emotional labor and physically demanding jobs, and cross-age perceptions and communication. Additional commentaries from sociologists, gerontologists, economists, and scholars of labor and government round out the volume and demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of this important topic.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |22 pages
Overview
part |287 pages
Science Confronts the Global Challenges
part |55 pages
Organizations and Teams Go Global
part |76 pages
Patterns of Employment and Unemployment
part |49 pages
Challenges Facing Specific Workforce Sectors
part |43 pages
Practical Workplace Changes and Challenges
part |59 pages
Age Differences and Discrimination
part |25 pages
Multidisciplinary Viewpoints
part |26 pages
Editor Viewpoints