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The Aging Workforce Handbook

ISBN: 978-1-78635-448-8, eISBN: 978-1-78635-447-1

Publication date: 25 November 2016

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(2016), "Index", Antoniou, A.-S., Burke, R.J. and Cooper, S.C.L. (Ed.) The Aging Workforce Handbook, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 557-576. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78635-448-820161024

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INDEX

Absenteeism
, 163

Acculturation theory
, 244

Active ageing
, 539

Active labor market programs
, 87

Adams, G. A.
, 216

Additional resources and protective factors
, 342–343

Adult developmental stage theories
, 62

Adulthood
, 193–194

Adult Hope Scale (AHS)
, 93

Affective Events Theory
, 474

Affective job insecurity
, 101

Affectual solidarity
, 308

Aforementioned demographic change
, 2

Aforementioned hypothesis
, 5

Aforementioned policies
, 119

Age
, 79, 102

on elders’ statesmanship
, 423–424

of immigrants
, 78

and psychological contract
, 478–482

Ryff Scales of psychological well-being by
, 68–74

Age-based employment security
, 120

Age-based retirement
, 126

Age-biased behavioral tendencies
, 164

Age discrimination
, 166–167, 225, 226

ageism
, 537

within healthcare workforce
, 541–546

direct
, 538

within healthcare setting

ageism and
, 539

disease types
, 540

morbidity and mortality
, 540

obstacles
, 540

indirect
, 538

in workplace
, 164–166

See also Ageism

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
, 4, 412, 504

Age discriminatory behavior
, 233

Age diversity
, 251, 312–313

climate
, 172, 173

Ageism
, 537

and age discrimination
, 537

within healthcare workforce
, 541–546

disease types
, 541

employment experience
, 545

health and social care employers
, 543

healthcare discrimination
, 541

nurses challenges
, 542–543

research on
, 544

stereotypes and
, 542

“Age-neutral”
, 119

Age-related human resource management practices
, 168

Age-related norms
, 315

Age-related situations/disabilities
, 4

Age-related variables
, 8

Age stereotypes
, 251, 252

countering and reducing
, 42–43

and discrimination toward older workers
, 3–4

Aging nurse workforce
, 2

“Aging paradox of well-being”
, 61, 65

Aging population
, 1–2, 16, 136

body systems and musicians. See Professional orchestral musicians

in China

country background
, 514–515

demographic profile
, 515

economic challenges
, 516–518

labor market, implications for
, 516

political challenges
, 516–518

social challenges
, 516–518

definition
, 513

demographic dividend
, 513

in India

country background
, 518

demographic profile
, 518–519

economic challenges
, 520–521

labor market, implications for
, 519–520

political challenges
, 520–521

social challenges
, 520–521

intergenerational reciprocity, notion of
, 530

in Japan

country background
, 521

demographic profile
, 522

economic challenges
, 523–524

labor market, implications for
, 522–523

political challenges
, 523–524

social challenges
, 523–524

Myrdalian hypothesis
, 530–531

populations impacts in West
, 514, 529

premature
, 472–474

promoters
, 472

in South Korea

country background
, 524–525

demographic profile
, 525–526

economic challenges
, 527–528

labor market, implications for
, 516

political challenges
, 527–528

social challenges
, 527–528

Aging workers
, 8

Aging workforce management
, 2

Ahire, S.
, 276

AHS. See Adult Hope Scale

Albanian immigrants
, 63–65, 66, 75, 76–78

Alcohol misuse
, 5

Allcover, C. M.
, 33

Allen, J.
, 275

Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz
, 2006, 120

Allport, G. W.
, 160, 171

Altersteilzeitgesetz
, 119

American College Of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
, 16

Analyses of Variance (ANOVA)
, 94, 97

Ancient Hellenic communities
, 64

ANOVA. See Analyses of Variance

Antecedents

of generational conflict
, 313–314

intergenerational ambivalence
, 315–316

Anticipated benefits/threats
, 252–253

Antoniou and Dalla
, 63

Antonovsky, A.
, 192

Arad, S.
, 46

Armstrong-Stassen, M.
, 28, 34–36, 39, 51, 217–220, 235

Arnold, J. A.
, 46

Ars moriendi
, 203

Arthur, W.
, 275

Asian population
, 140

Associational solidarity
, 308

Augustus, Octavian
, 423

Autonomy and work ability
, 335–336

Avey, J. B.
, 47

Avolio, B. J.
, 47

Baby Boomers
, 445–446

aging of
, 27–28

generation
, 243

retirements
, 299

Backes-Gellner, U.
, 32

Bagg, R.
, 43

Bakker, A. B.
, 48

Bakker, A. M.
, 50

Baldwin, T. T.
, 257

Bal, P. M.
, 50

Ball, P. M.
, 50

Baltes, M. M.
, 61

Baltes, P. B.
, 61

Bandura
, 253

Barabaschi, B.
, 309

Barnes-Farrell, J. L.
, 41

Basu, S.
, 87

Behavioral economics
, 143

Bengtson, V.
, 308, 310, 311

Bennett, W. Jr.
, 275

Berg, J. M.
, 48

Bidirectional intergenerational learning
, 250

Biggs, S.
, 303, 309

Biron, C.
, 42

“Block model option”
, 119

Boehm, S. A.
, 38, 172

Bohlander, G. W.
, 275

Bohnert, A. S. B.
, 6

Bordoloi, S. K.
, 275

Borg, I.
, 87

Bridge employment
, 31, 37

Bruch, H.
, 172

Buber, M.
, 307

Burke, R.
, 42, 140

Business interrupt fraction
, 282

Bustos, S.
, 154

Cadaver discipline
, 190

Campion, M. A.
, 41, 42

Canada
, 1

Cantoni, D.
, 143

Canton, J.
, 136

Cattaneo, J.
, 34

CBM. See Condition-based maintenance

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
, 16

Chaiken, S.
, 161

Chan, A.
, 143

Chang, H. J.
, 153

Chapman, E. F.
, 45

Cheung, H. Y.
, 143

Chronic health conditions
, 340

Chronic stress
, 5

Chung, S.
, 154

Claes, R.
, 30

Cognitive dissonance-based interventions
, 174

Cognitive dissonance theory
, 174

Cognitive job insecurity
, 101, 102

Cognitive theories
, 305

Cole, S. G.
, 46

Colonialism
, 140

Common mitigation approach
, 282

Compassionate leadership, healthcare workforce

challenges in
, 550

compassion, definition
, 546

fundamental elements
, 549

GMC Leadership and management
, 548

overcome issues
, 547

and WHO
, 547

“Competitive motive”
, 143

Competitive organizational environments
, 252

Concealments
, 410

Condition-based maintenance (CBM)
, 276

Conscientiousness
, 342

Consensual solidarity
, 308, 310

Construal level theory
, 173

Continuous degradation processes
, 284n8

Contractual mandatory retirement
, 125, 126

Convenient work schedules
, 14

Cooper, C. L.
, 42, 140

“Coordinated market” economy
, 118

Corporate alumni networks
, 49

Corrective maintenance costs
, 281

Coscia, M.
, 154

Costa, D. L.
, 142

Counteractions
, 410

Counterproductive work behaviors (CWB)
, 169

Coutts, A.
, 87

Critical skills loss
, 270–273

See also Non-replaceable workforce

Cross-sectional correlations
, 145

Crouse, P.
, 43, 44

Cultural diversity
, 139

“Culture of health” in workplace
, 16

Curado, C.
, 254

Cutler, H. C.
, 191

CWB. See Counterproductive work behaviors

Darwin, C.
, 191

Default retirement age (DRA)
, 121

Degrees of formalization
, 246–248

De Grip, A.
, 270, 275

de Jong, S. B.
, 50

de Lange, A. H.
, 32, 50, 216, 217

Deller, J.
, 35, 39

Dembe, A. E.
, 40

Demographics

aging workforce
, 450

in developed world

cross-border flow
, 445

fertility rates
, 442

lifespans
, 442–443

migration
, 445

dividend, aging
, 513

drivers of change

aptitude
, 446

Baby Boomers
, 445–446

education levels
, 448

labor force participation
, 448

Millennials
, 446

resources
, 446

training
, 446

employee retention
, 448–453

experience over efficiency
, 451

financial literacy
, 452

innovation and entrepreneurial activity
, 451

policy considerations
, 453–463

retention of workers
, 451

transactional contracts
, 449

variables
, 35

Dencker, J. C.
, 304

Dendinger, V. M.
, 216

Depolo, M.
, 33

Depression
, 6

persistent
, 5

in workplace
, 5

Depressive symptoms in older workers
, 6

De Preter, H.
, 33

Derks, D.
, 48

Desmette, D.
, 170, 171

Developmental climate
, 39–40, 50

Development I-Deals
, 50

De Witte, H.
, 87, 90, 103

Díaz, P.
, 317

Diaz, W. M.
, 46

Dikkers, J.
, 32, 216, 217

Diminished productivity, older applicants
, 501–502

Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)
, 272

Discrete-event simulation
, 282

Discrimination toward older workers, conceptualization of
, 160–166

Diversity among older workers
, 31

DMSMS. See Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages

Donkin, R.
, 136, 137

Doyle, W.
, 43

DRA. See Default retirement age

Drasgow, F.
, 46

Dubin, S. S.
, 275

Dugan, E.
, 40

Dutton, J. E.
, 47, 48

Duxbury, L.
, 40–41

Early retirement
, 110, 168

Early retirement plans
, 2

Earned income tax credit (EITC)
, 506

Earnest, A.
, 8

Eck, B. T.
, 275

e-commerce
, 135

Economic complexity
, 154

Economic outcome variables
, 148

EEO Trust. See Equal Employment Opportunities Trust

Ego integrity
, 61

Eisenberger, R.
, 151

Elderly dependency ratio in Canada
, 1

Elders’ statesmanship

age on
, 423–424

brilliance and lightness of soul
, 427–428

composure and integration
, 436–438

educating and training the youth
, 428–430

Greek philosophical tradition on
, 419–420

involvement of
, 434

natural/intellectual force
, 424–426

politics for life
, 430–433

thinking habit
, 426–427

unobtrusive presence
, 435–436

e-learning platforms
, 248

Emotional demands and work ability
, 334

Emotional exhaustion in older workers
, 8

Emotional stability
, 342

Emotions
, 201, 203

Employers attitudes, older applicants

age discrimination
, 497–499

aging and work, current context
, 494–497

perceptions of

attitudes
, 499

diminished productivity
, 501–502

higher cost
, 501

inability to adapt, new technology
, 500–501

short career
, 499–500

young workers’ discomfort, older colleagues
, 502–503

policy implications

age-discrimination legislation
, 504

seniority
, 503

recruiting practices
, 491–492

roadblocks, recruitment processes
, 493–494

Employment
, 80

position
, 103

regulations
, 121

status
, 79

Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being by
, 74

and support allowance
, 122

Employment-related decisions, age discrimination in
, 166

English-speaking countries
, 146

Environmental factors and work ability
, 333–334

Environmental mastery
, 62, 66

Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Trust
, 219, 221

Equality Employment Regulations
, 121

Erikson, E. H.
, 60

Erikson, J. M.
, 60

Esping-Andersen, G.
, 125

Ethnicity, Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being by
, 68–70

“European Certificate of Intergenerational Learning”
, 245

European Union (EU)
, 111

legal framework for
, 4

European Union law
, 165

Europe, older workers in
, 2

Eurostat unemployment
, 86

Exit age distribution
, 285–288

External labor markets
, 118

Eyerman, R.
, 302

Family status
, 103

Fassbender, U.
, 35, 39

Feelings of belonging, creating
, 51

Feldman, D. C.
, 42, 162

Female labor market inactivity
, 116

Female unemployment
, 116

Fertility rates
, 1

Field, J.
, 140

Financial benefits and older workers retention
, 325

Firm-level mandatory retirement ages
, 129

Firm-specific obsolescence
, 270

Fiscal sustainability
, 159

Fiske, S. T.
, 161

Fletcher, S.
, 8

Flexibility I-Deals
, 50

Formal intergenerational relationship
, 311–312

Formal learning
, 43

environments
, 245, 246

settings
, 247, 255

Formal mentoring program
, 249

Formal organization wide program
, 248

Francis, N.
, 141

Franz, G.
, 304

Frazier, P.
, 89

Frese, M.
, 137–139

Functional solidarity
, 309

Furnham, A.
, 143, 145, 147, 152

Gardner, F.
, 141

GDP. See Gross Domestic Product

Gender

psychological well-being as function of
, 70

Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being by
, 68–70

General Practice Specialty Training Programme (GPSTP) teaching sessions
, 549

Generational competence
, 317

Generational diversity
, 256

Generational identity
, 305

Generational imprinting
, 302

Generativity vs. stagnation
, 60

Geometric Brownian motion
, 284

George, L. K.
, 63

German metal industry
, 119

Germany
, 112, 118–120, 127, 165

employment, unemployment, and inactivity rates of aged 55–64 in
, 113–117

Giarrusso, R.
, 310

Gielnik, M. M.
, 172

Global Financial Crisis
, 2008, 117

Global job insecurity
, 100

Goal-setting theory
, 256

Goldberg, E.
, 193

Goodridge, E.
, 273, 275

Greece
, 64

See also subjective psychological well-being in Greece

Greek banking system
, 86

Greek ethnic migrants
, 65

Greek society
, 64

Gringart, E.
, 174

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
, 143

Hackman and Oldham’s (1976) job characteristics model
, 329–330

Haeger, D. L.
, 316

Hagman, J. D.
, 275

“Hands off approach”
, 121

Hausmann, R.
, 154

HDI. See Human Development Index

Health care

nurses shortage in
, 2

strategies
, 15

Health insurance programs
, 3

Health promotion program
, 11–12

Health-related distress
, 8–9

Heckhausen, J.
, 216

Hellgren, J.
, 104

Helmes, E.
, 174

Henkens, K.
, 29, 30

Hennekam, S.
, 220

Henriques, P. L.
, 254

Henry, H.
, 171

Herback, O.
, 220

Hesse, H.
, 203

Heymans, M.
, 30

Hicks, E. R.
, 43, 44

Hidago, C. A.
, 154

Higgins, C.
, 40–41

Hillcoat-Nalletamby, S.
, 310

Hilson, G.
, 273, 275

Hipp, C.
, 31

Hiring age distribution
, 286

Holt, B. A.
, 276

Homer, O.
, 197

Horace, S.
, 197

HR practices. See Human resource (HR)

Hsieh, Y.-H.
, 171

Huang, H.-C.
, 275

Huberman, M.
, 140

Human capital investment
, 276

Human capital obsolescence. See Skills obsolescence

Human Development Index (HDI)
, 143

Human resource (HR)
, 119

practices
, 121, 123, 214, 220–221

supporting mature-age workers
, 226–232

types of
, 32

strategies, applicable to older workers
, 216–218

Human skills models

existing
, 275–276

modeling
, 277–284

Human skills obsolescence
, 272

Hume, D.
, 191

Hutcheson, F.
, 188, 191

I-Deals
, 50

Immigrant
, 65

age, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction of
, 78–79

comparing native Greeks and
, 76–77

groups
, 63–65

Immigration
, 80

Immoral behavior triggers resistance
, 202–203

Immorality
, 470

Implicit knowledge
, 244

“Incumbency-based generational identity”
, 305

Independent variables

satisfaction with life scale as function of
, 74–76

Individual outcomes
, 166–168

Informal intergenerational learning
, 246

Informal learning
, 43–44, 245, 246

Informal workplace relations
, 312

Ingroup identity model
, 170

Initiative 50plus
, 120

Institute of Medicine (IOM)
, 5

Integrity vs. despair
, 60

Intensive information technology adoption
, 242

Intergenerational ambivalence
, 310–311, 319

antecedents
, 315–316

dealing with
, 316–317

managing
, 315

Intergenerational communities
, 249

Intergenerational conflict
, 309–310, 313

dealing with
, 314–315

Intergenerational discounting
, 314

Intergenerational exchange
, 246

Intergenerational knowledge
, 252

Intergenerational learning
, 241–242

activities
, 253

activities, framework of
, 245–250

anticipated benefits/threats
, 252–253

duration time
, 254–255

generations in workplace
, 242–245

goal clarity
, 256–257

institutionalized support
, 255–256

intention to share knowledge
, 250–251

knowledge self-efficacy
, 253

leadership
, 257–258

opportunities for knowledge application
, 257

organizational research on
, 242

peer support
, 258

stereotypes/attitudes about different generations
, 251–252

task complexity
, 256

voluntariness
, 253–254

Intergenerational mentoring
, 248

Intergenerational relations

Baby Boomer retirements
, 299

generations in organizations, conceptualizing
, 301–307

between generations, managing

age diversity
, 312–313

antecedents of generational conflict
, 313–314

intergenerational ambivalence
, 315–317

intergenerational conflict
, 313, 314–315

informal workplace relations
, 312

intergenerational ambivalence
, 310–311

intergenerational conflict
, 309–310

intergenerational solidarity
, 308–309

solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence in
, 307–308

work-related intergenerational relationships
, 311–312

Intergenerational service learning programs
, 244

Intergenerational solidarity
, 166, 168, 308–309, 316

Intergroup contact theory
, 171

Intergroup theory
, 317

Internal consistency reliability coefficients
, 90, 93

Iweins, C.
, 170

Jackson, S. E.
, 313

Jacobson, J. D.
, 216

Jansen, P.
, 32, 50, 216, 217

Japan
, 112, 123–125, 127

employment, unemployment, and inactivity rates of aged 55–64 in
, 113–117

older individuals in
, 111

Japanese labor market system
, 123

Japanese pension system
, 124

Japanese-style employment institutions
, 123

Jimenez, L.
, 317

Job-AQTIV Law
, 120

Job attitudes and age

categories of foci
, 388

cognitive evaluations
, 387

emotion regulation
, 389–390

satisfaction
, 387–388

work motivation
, 390–391

Job attributes
, 219

Job boredom and work ability
, 333

Job crafting
, 47–48

and work ability
, 337

Job demands
, 332

Job demands-resources model (JD-R)
, 330–331

Job design
, 234

and lifespan development theory
, 331

Job insecurity
, 87, 103, 104

age and
, 399–404

individual implications
, 409–412

organizational implications
, 409–412

and outcomes
, 404–409

societal implications
, 409–412

Job loss

age and
, 399–404

and outcomes
, 404–409

Job performance and age

adaptive behaviors
, 386–387

citizenship behaviors
, 382–384

counterproductive behaviors
, 384–385

and motives
, 378–379

and performance dimensions
, 380–381

task performance
, 381–382

workforce continues to
, 377

Job Release Scheme
, 122

Job resources
, 335

Job satisfaction
, 224, 233

Job stressor
, 87

Joshi, A.
, 304–306, 313

Kaler, M.
, 89

Kanfer, R.
, 216

Kao, S.-F.
, 171

Kertzer, D. I.
, 302, 303

Keyes, C. L. M.
, 63

Kinship theory
, 306, 307

Kirkcaldy, B. D.
, 152

Kivnick, H. Q.
, 61

Knowledge application, opportunities for
, 257

Knowledge-based theory of firm
, 243

Knowledge co-creation
, 243–244

Knowledge map
, 256

Knowledge restructuring
, 244

Knowledge self-efficacy
, 253

Knowledge sharing
, 243

behaviors
, 258

Koc-Menard, S.
, 41, 49

Koochaki, J.
, 276

Kooij, D.
, 216, 217

Kooij, D. T. A. M.
, 32, 33

Korea
, 112, 125–128

employment, unemployment, and inactivity rates of aged 55–64 in
, 113–117

older individuals in
, 111

Korean female

employment
, 117

labor market
, 117

Korean public policy
, 128

Korean unemployment rate
, 117

Krings, F.
, 166

Kunze, F.
, 38, 172

Kuron, L.
, 304

Labor-force participation
, 48

Labor market inactivity
, 117

data
, 113

Labor market participation
, 128

in United Kingdom
, 123

Lama, D.
, 191

Large-scale workforce reductions
, 86

Last resort workers
, 400

Lawrence, B. S.
, 315

Leadership
, 257–258

role of
, 172, 173

Learning culture

creating
, 43–44

Learning formalization, degree of
, 246

Learning strategies
, 43

Lee, L.-H.
, 275

Legacy system support application
, 284–285

exit age distribution
, 285–288

mapping workforce pool size
, 288–289

non-stationary model results
, 293

stationary model results
, 290–293

Legal framework for European Union
, 4

Leibold, M.
, 275

Level of education
, 103

Lewin, K.
, 191

Liberal market philosophy
, 128

“Liberal residual”
, 120

Life expectancy
, 139

Life-long learning measures
, 120

Life satisfaction
, 79, 88–89

of immigrants
, 77–78

Life Satisfaction Scale (SWLS)
, 93

Lifespan theory
, 61

of Erikson
, 60

Lifespan Theory of Control
, 216

Linear multiple regression analysis
, 149

Lingham, T.
, 316

Liu, S.
, 31

LoBuglio, N.
, 48

Locus of control
, 88

Loher, B. T.
, 257

Long-term intergenerational initiatives
, 255

Long-term investments
, 314

Long-term stress for employees
, 10

Long-term sustainability of national-level welfare state policies
, 110

Lower birth rates
, 27

Low labor market participation
, 118

Low-quality work environment
, 7

Lu, L.
, 171

Luthans, B. C.
, 46

Luthans, F.
, 44, 46–47

Luthans, K. W.
, 46

Lynn, R.
, 143

Lyons, S.
, 304

Mabry, J. B.
, 310

Macro organizational environment
, 46

Magjuka, R. J.
, 257

Mainframe application programmers, shortage of
, 273

Maintenance time model
, 283

Managers, role of
, 14

Manheim, K.
, 302, 303

Manufacturing-based economy
, 3

Mapping function, parameters for
, 288

Marital status
, 78–79

Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being by
, 70–74

Martin, T.
, 152

Martocchio, J. J.
, 304

Mathews, R. A.
, 46

Maurer, T.
, 45

Mayhew, K.
, 275

McClelland, D.
, 146, 152

McCrea, S. M.
, 173

McGee, M. K.
, 273, 275

McGilchrist, I.
, 189

McKee, M.
, 87

McLeod, L.
, 233

McMurray, A.
, 143

McNelly, T. L.
, 275

McPhee, D. M.
, 37

Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ)
, 93

“Meaning of life”
, 88

Meaning of Work (MOW) model
, 34

Mechanical solidarity
, 309

Medium-sized employers
, 124

Mental health
, 4–10, 340

age-related variables
, 8

age stereotypes and discrimination toward older workers
, 3–4

aging population
, 1–2

definition of
, 17

health promotion programs
, 11–12

low-quality work environment
, 7

occupational stress
, 4–6

professionals
, 9–10

retirement and
, 10–11

strategies and recommendations for safe and healthy working environment for older adults
, 13–16

Mental silence
, 189, 196, 208

Mentoring
, 49

Mentoring program
, 255

Metastereotypes
, 252

Mezuk, B.
, 6

Millennials
, 446

Mill, J. S.
, 207

Milton, J.
, 190

Minns, C.
, 140

MLQ. See Meaning in Life Questionnaire

Money beliefs
, 151, 153

Morales, J. F.
, 33

Morgeson and Humphrey’s (2006) work design model
, 330

Morianao, J. A.
, 33

“Multistage rocket propulsion”
, 144

Multivariate analysis of variance
, 70, 74

Mutschler, P.
, 40

Mutual knowledge exchange
, 249

Myrdalian hypothesis
, 530–531

National Centre for Ethics in Health Care
, 548

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) program
, 15

National-level policy
, 112

National-level welfare state policies, long-term sustainability of
, 110

National Pension Insurance
, 124

National Pension Scheme
, 126

National retirement age
, 126

National Service Framework for Older People
, 538

Native Greeks and immigrants, comparing
, 76–77

The Nature of Prejudice (Allport)
, 160

Negative age stereotypes
, 251–252

Negative stereotypes
, 3

Neuroticism
, 342

“New Deal” program
, 122

New Zealand

abilities and motives of older workers
, 214–216

attitudes and behaviors toward older workers
, 225–226

human resource practices
, 220–221

supporting mature-age workers
, 226–232

human resource strategies applicable to older workers
, 216–218

intentions to quit organization
, 224

mature workers, importance of HR practices to
, 219–220

methods
, 221–222

OECD
, 214

retirement, reduced hours, and quit intentions
, 223

well-being and satisfaction
, 224–225

workforce aging in
, 213

work hours, reducing
, 223–224

Ng, T. W. H.
, 42, 162

Nguyen, H. H.
, 76

Nietzsche, F.
, 188, 191

Non-replaceable workforce

causes and influences
, 273–274

human skills models

existing
, 275–276

modeling
, 277–284

impact of skills loss on system support
, 274–275

legacy system support application
, 284–285

exit age distribution
, 285–288

mapping workforce pool size
, 288–289

non-stationary model results
, 293

stationary model results
, 290–293

workforce aging
, 269

Non-stationary model
, 277n5, 284, 294

results
, 293

Normative solidarity
, 308

Nurses shortage in health care
, 2

Nursing times
, 548

Obsolescence
, 272

OCB. See Organizational citizenship behaviors

Occupational pension schemes
, 122

Occupational stress
, 4–6

Oishi, S.
, 89

Old age

definition
, 538

dependency ratio
, 110

and health
, 538

Older adults, strategies and recommendations for safe and healthy working environment for
, 13–16

Older employees
, 489

interventions for
, 14

See also Employers attitudes, older applicants

Older nurses report
, 3

Older workers
, 314

abilities and motives of
, 214–216

age discrimination in workplace
, 164–166

age stereotypes and discrimination toward
, 3–4

attitudes and behaviors toward
, 225–226

common identity, facilitating
, 170–171

in Europe
, 2

harnessing cognitive dissonance
, 174

high-quality contact between age groups, stimulating
, 171–172

human resource strategies applicable to
, 216–218

individual and organizational outcomes
, 166–169

interdependence of stereotype, prejudice, and discrimination toward
, 160–161

job factors supporting ongoing employment of
, 230, 231

organizational factors supporting ongoing employment of
, 228–229

organizational factors, understanding
, 172–173

organizational initiatives for
, 27–28

age and work-related motives
, 32–33

age-specific HR practices for
, 28–29

aging workforce, retaining talents of
, 50–51

border organizational issues about
, 30–31

company innovation
, 31–32

of continuing to work, benefits to
, 31

human resource management practices and employee retention
, 37–40

job performance of
, 32

new patterns of career extension
, 36–37

perceived and actual challenges facing
, 30

predictors of continuing to work
, 34–35

quality of work and health of
, 34

retain
, 29–30

retirement
, 33, 34

unretire
, 35–36

utilizing talents of
, 41–44

working and caregiving
, 40–41

work-related attitudes, skills, and competences
, 44–49

personal factors supporting ongoing employment of
, 230, 232

prejudices toward
, 163–164

psychological distance, reducing
, 173

retirement intentions of
, 223

and their empirical (counter) evidence, stereotypes about
, 162–163

Older workers retention

importance and impact

financial benefits
, 325

on individuals
, 324–325

on organizations
, 326

physical and psychological health benefits
, 325–326

on society
, 326–327

work ability
, 327–329

additional resources and protective factors
, 342–343

autonomy
, 335–336

construct
, 324

emotional demands
, 334

environmental factors
, 333–334

Hackman and Oldham’s (1976) job characteristics model
, 329–330

job boredom
, 333

job crafting
, 337

job demands
, 332

job demands-resources model (JD-R)
, 330–331

job design and lifespan development theory
, 331

job resources
, 335

Morgeson and Humphrey’s (2006) work design model
, 330

personal health
, 339–340

personality
, 341–342

personal resources and demands
, 338–339

physical demands
, 333–334

role conflict
, 332–333

schedule control
, 338

self-efficacy
, 341

supervisor and coworker support
, 336

supporting methods
, 331–343

task significance
, 336–337

work overload
, 332

On-line questionnaire survey
, 222

Open communication culture
, 255

Optimization
, 331

Organic solidarity
, 309

Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB)
, 162, 168

Organizational culture
, 166

Organizational decision-making
, 163

Organizational demography theory
, 313

Organizational factors, understanding
, 172–173

“Organizational forgetting”
, 270–271

Organizational outcomes
, 168–169

Organizational reward system
, 253

Organization empowerment practices
, 46

OWICW
, 34

Oyama, P. S.
, 308

Parry, E.
, 302

Passey, M.
, 8

“Peak wage” schemes
, 126

Pearson-Product Moment Correlations
, 149

Peer support
, 258

Pension system
, 119

Performance-based approach
, 166

Persistent depression
, 5

Personal health and work ability
, 339–340

Personality and work ability
, 341–342

Personal resources and demands
, 338–339

Peterson, S. J.
, 47

Pettigrew, T. F.
, 171

Pew Research Center
, 539

Phillips, J. E.
, 310

Physical and psychological health benefits
, 325–326

Physical demands and work ability
, 333–334

Physical health
, 339–340

Piktialis, D.
, 40

Pinazo, S.
, 317

Planned behavior, theory of
, 250

Platteau, E.
, 315

Plutarch
, 419–421

PMFs. See Probability mass functions

Pontic Greeks
, 64, 65, 69, 75, 76, 77

Population aging
, 109, 110

of 21st century
, 1

Positive psychology
, 101

Postuma, R. A.
, 41, 42

Poverty
, 77

Prejudice toward older workers, conceptualization of
, 160–166

Premature aging, dementia
, 472

Presenteeism
, 9

Pre-training self-efficacy
, 253

Primary prevention programs
, 11

Private sector employers
, 122

Proactive personality
, 45

Probability mass functions (PMFs)
, 277

Procedural injustice
, 314

Professional orchestral musicians

aging body systems

auditory system
, 365–366

and BMI
, 368

cognitive functioning
, 368–370

musculoskeletal system
, 361–363

neurological system
, 363–365

respiratory system
, 367

visual system
, 366–367

to become
, 357–359

in old age
, 359–360

Proper, K. I.
, 48

Protestantism
, 143

Protestant Work Ethic (PWE)
, 143

Psychological Capital (PsyCap)
, 46–47

Psychological contract (PC), age and
, 478–482

Psychological distance, reducing
, 173

Psychological distress
, 100

Psychological empowerment, feelings of
, 46

Psychological theories
, 306

Psychological vulnerabilities, at work
, 474–478

confiding relationship
, 477

job insecurity
, 477–478

negative work event
, 478

past loss
, 476

workloads and relationships
, 477

Psychological well-being
, 78–79

gender differences on dimensions of
, 78

of immigrants
, 77–78

Public “active ageing” policies
, 113

Public policy approach
, 122

Public sector pension schemes
, 123

Pull factors
, 111

in retirement decision
, 30, 33

Push factors
, 111

in retirement decision
, 30, 33

PWE. See Protestant Work Ethic

Quality of employment
, 86

Ramey, V. A.
, 141

Rapid population aging
, 125

Rational Emotive Therapy
, 195

Ratliff, S.
, 6

Reciprocal mentoring
, 49, 250

Redundancy schemes
, 121

Reemployment

age and
, 399–404

outcomes and age
, 403

Resistance wisdom
, 203

Respondents
, 221, 224, 225, 233, 234

injury, health, and disability
, 225

organizations, HR practices engaged in by
, 226–227

qualitative responses regarding desirable practices
, 228–232

rating of HR practice importance
, 227–228

Retirement
, 137, 223

age
, 8, 11

intentions of older workers
, 223

and mental health
, 10–11

Rhoades, J. A.
, 46

Ribeiro, S.
, 254

Risk reduction strategies for stress
, 8

Roh, H.
, 313

Role conflict and work ability
, 332–333

Ryff, C. D.
, 62

Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being
, 66

by employment status and age
, 74

by ethnicity, age, and gender
, 68–70

internal consistency of
, 68

by marital status and age
, 70–74

Sáez, J.
, 317

Salary
, 103

Salary protection clauses
, 120

Salter, K. M.
, 104

Sánchez, M.
, 317

Sandborn and Prabhakar
, 277

Satisfaction With Life Scale
, 68

Schabracq, M. J.
, 195

Schedule control and work ability
, 338

Schippers, J.
, 30

Schlosser, F.
, 35–39, 51, 220

Schofield, D.
, 8

Schroeder, H. S.
, 38

Schultz, K. S.
, 31

Schulz, R.
, 216

Scott, D.
, 143

Sector-specific obsolescence
, 270

Seelert, B.
, 206

Selection
, 331

Self-acceptance
, 62, 68, 73

Self-confidence
, 139

Self-efficacy
, 44–45

and work ability
, 341

Self-employment
, 37

Self-knowledge
, 198–199

Sense of community in workplace
, 11

Shacklock, K.
, 216

Shank, D.
, 151

Shapiro, A.
, 63

Shi, J.
, 35

SHRCs. See Silver Human Resource Centres

Shrestha, R.
, 8

Shukko
, 123

Siegrist, J.
, 34

Silver Human Resource Centres (SHRCs)
, 124

Silverstein, M.
, 310

Simon, H.
, 201

Singer, I. B.
, 203

Skill shortage
, 270

Skills obsolescence
, 270

Small-sized employers
, 124

Smith, A.
, 191

Snell, S. A.
, 275

Snyder, C. R.
, 88

Snyder’s cognitive model
, 93

Social cognitive theory
, 253

Social environment of workplace
, 5

Social identity theory
, 170, 302

Social networking
, 137

Social role theory
, 306

Social security system
, 118, 119, 128

Social-structural approach
, 303

Solidarity model
, 317

Song, H.
, 275

SPA. See State Pension Age

Spector, P. E.
, 88

Speelman, C.
, 174

Spreitzer
, 46

Stajkovic, A. D.
, 44

Stakeholders
, 274, 274n4

Stanush, P. L.
, 275

State-financed early retirement pathway
, 111, 119

State-financed scheme
, 119

State Pension Age (SPA)
, 122

State pension payments
, 122

Stationary model
, 284

results
, 290–293

Stationary process
, 284n7

Steger, M. F.
, 89

Stereotype toward older workers, conceptualization of
, 160–166

Stinglhamber, F.
, 170

Stochastic discrete-event simulator
, 292

Stress-related behaviors
, 8

Strijk, J. E.
, 48

Stringent societal age norms
, 161

Structural solidarity
, 308

Stuckler, D.
, 87

Subjective psychological well-being in Greece
, 85

active labor market programs
, 87

Adult Hope Scale (AHS)
, 93

Eurostat unemployment
, 86

instruments
, 90–92

life satisfaction
, 88–89

Life Satisfaction Scale (SWLS)
, 93

Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ)
, 93

participants
, 89–90

procedure
, 94

results
, 94–100

Work Locus of Control Scale (WLCS)
, 94

Suhrcke, M.
, 87

Super-aging society
, 27

Supervisor and coworker support
, 336

Supervisory empowerment behaviours
, 46

Supporting methods and work ability
, 331–343

Sverke, M.
, 104

Synthesized exit age distribution
, 287

Talaska, C. A.
, 161

Task significance
, 336–337

Templer, A.
, 28

“Temporal proximal”
, 144

Tenseki
, 123

Tenure-based employment security
, 120

Tertiary education
, 142

Therborn, G.
, 141

Thunk, R.
, 152

Time-to-failure distributions
, 282

Tims, M.
, 48

Topa, G.
, 33

Trade unions
, 119, 124

Training programs
, 15

Trait competitiveness
, 151

Transfer climate
, 257

Tropp, L. R.
, 171

Turner, B. S.
, 302

Unemployment

rates in Japan
, 113

unemployment in UK
, 113

United Kingdom (UK)
, 112, 120–123, 127

employment rate
, 117

employment, unemployment, and inactivity rates of aged 55–64 in
, 113–117

labor market participation in
, 123

public sector organizations
, 33

Univariate Analyses of Variance
, 74

Urwin, P.
, 302

U.S. Census Bureau
, 59

van Dalen, H. P.
, 29, 30

van der Beek, A. J.
, 48

Van Loo, J.
, 270, 275

van Mechelen, W.
, 48

van Vuuren, T.
, 87

Veen, S.
, 32

Verworn, B.
, 31, 32, 38

Vigilance
, 203

Vital@Work program
, 48

Voelpel, S.
, 275

Volltmen, J.-B.
, 35

Voluntary-redundancy approach
, 166

Wade-Benzoni, K. A.
, 310, 314

Wahrendorf, M.
, 34

Waldman, J.
, 275

Wang, M.
, 29, 31, 35, 39

“War for talent”
, 28

Welfare benefits
, 119

Welfare state policies
, 118

Wennekers, S.
, 152

Wernik, B. M.
, 39

Wisdom

age and
, 185

development and

adulthood
, 193–194

freedom
, 194–195

openness and introspection
, 195–196

personal mission
, 196–197

view
, 186–193

yields of
, 197, 205–207

dealing with change
, 203–204

effectiveness
, 199–203

pleasure and happiness
, 207–209

self-knowledge
, 198–199

WLCS. See Work Locus of Control Scale

Wohrmann, A. M.
, 39

Work

overload
, 332

psychological vulnerabilities at
, 474–478

Work ability (WA)

construct
, 324

definition
, 324

older workers retention
, 327–329

additional resources and protective factors
, 342–343

autonomy
, 335–336

construct
, 324

emotional demands
, 334

environmental factors
, 333–334

Hackman and Oldham’s (1976) job characteristics model
, 329–330

job boredom
, 333

job crafting
, 337

job demands
, 332

job demands-resources model (JD-R)
, 330–331

job design and lifespan development theory
, 331

job resources
, 335

Morgeson and Humphrey’s (2006) work design model
, 330

personal health
, 339–340

personality
, 341–342

personal resources and demands
, 338–339

physical demands
, 333–334

role conflict
, 332–333

schedule control
, 338

self-efficacy
, 341

supervisor and coworker support
, 336

supporting methods
, 331–343

task significance
, 336–337

work overload
, 332

Worker vitality
, 48–49

Workforce diversity
, 313

Workforce planning

maintenance
, 275–276

models
, 276

Workforce pool size

and experience calculation
, 278–280

mapping
, 288–289

Work hours, reduction of
, 223–224

“Working pensioners” system
, 124

Work Locus of Control Scale (WLCS)
, 94

Workplace learning
, 43

Workplace stressors reduction
, 41–42

Work-related intergenerational relationships
, 311–312

Work-related variables
, 303

World Health Organization (WHO), for mental health, definition of
, 17

Wrzesniewski, A.
, 47, 48

Wu wei
, 192, 206

Yorkshire and the Humber (Y&H) studied leadership domains
, 549

Young, J. D.
, 43

Yzerbyt, V.
, 170

Zacher, H.
, 171, 172

Zhan, Y.
, 31, 35

Zinni, D.
, 35–36, 38

Zivin, K.
, 6

Prelims
Chapter 1 Mental Health of the Aging Workforce
Chapter 2 Organizational Initiatives to Develop and Retain Older Workers
Chapter 3 Successful Aging in the Workplace: A Comparison Study of Native Greeks, Pontic Greeks, and Albanian Immigrants
Chapter 4 Subjective Psychological Well-Being of the Aging Workforce in Times of Economic Crisis: The Case of Greece
Chapter 5 Population Aging and Labor Market Policy in Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the Republic of Korea: The Effects of Institutional Context on Old Age Employment
Chapter 6 The Changing Face of Education and Work: Attitudes toward Work and Its Impact on Economic Growth and the Wealth of Nations
Chapter 7 Stereotype, Prejudice, and Discrimination toward Older Workers: A Wind of Change?
Chapter 8 Wisdom
Chapter 9 The Role of Human Resource Practices and Other Factors Influencing the Continuing Work Participation of Older Workers in New Zealand
Chapter 10 Intergenerational Learning in Organizations: A Framework and Discussion of Opportunities
Chapter 11 Critical Skills Loss – The Effect of the Disappearance of Non-Replaceable Workforce
Chapter 12 A Conceptual Framework for Managing Intergenerational Relations in the Workplace
Chapter 13 Maintaining Work Ability to Support and Retain Older Workers
Chapter 14 Hitting the High Notes: Healthy Aging in Professional Orchestral Musicians
Chapter 15 Job Performance and Job Attitudes in Later Life: The Role of Motives
Chapter 16 Job Insecurity, Job Loss, and Reemployment: Implications for an Aging Workforce
Chapter 17 On Elders’ Statesmanship. A View from Greek Antiquity
Chapter 18 Demographic Trends and Implications of the Aging Workforce, with Some Policy Options for Consideration
Chapter 19 Working: Time Bomb or Time Well-Spent?
Chapter 20 Employers’ Attitudes toward Older-Worker Job Seekers: A Comprehensive Review with Recommendations for Action
Chapter 21 Aging in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities in China, India, Japan, and South Korea
Chapter 22 Compassionate Leadership: Promoting Non-Discriminatory Practice toward Older Employees in Healthcare
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