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This handbook will serve as a comprehensive resource for students,
scholars and practitioners who are seeking either a broad overview
of important and inter-related topics concerning the aging
workforce or insightful discussions of specific issues and
challenges.These issues include why extended lifespans and better
health are allowing older workers to delay retirement and stay on
the job. In fact, the labor force participation rate for people
sixty-five and older is growing faster than the rate for all
younger age groups. The scope and content of the handbook will go
beyond traditional academic research on aging which has
traditionally been sociologically focused by including new research
done in the Gerontology, Demography, Economics, Social Policy,
Psychology, Gender Studies, Social Work and Business Management
disciplines.The handbook will also encompass emerging and relevant
themes regarding the aging workforce in the United States,
describing the impact of those conditions and developments on the
individual worker, on organizations and employers, and on society
as a whole.
Men Still at Work explores the reasons why many men are continuing
to work well beyond the traditional retirement age. In today's
challenging economy, they are the second-fastest growing group of
workers (just behind older women). Filled with profiles of older
working men, as well as dynamic interview quotes, Men Still at Work
explores thorny issues such as masculinity and the "need to
provide," as well as economic issues, job satisfaction, and more.
Aging, Work, and Retirement presents the reasons older men and
women are staying in the workforce as long as they are able to do
so-information of immediate value to undergraduate and graduate
students across the fields of sociology, gerontology,
industrial/organizational psychology, and business management as
well as to corporate leaders, human resources managers,
professional organizations and policy makers. The text reflects a
growing interest in and concern regarding aspects of aging, ageism,
labor market challenges, workplace issues, plus gender and
racial/ethnic similarities and differences in employment history
and extended worklife opportunities, as they affect older workers
in this country and abroad. Each chapter has cases and profiles and
other strong pedagogical features allowing students to integrate
the content with real world examples.
Aging, Work, and Retirement presents the reasons older men and
women are staying in the workforce as long as they are able to do
so-information of immediate value to undergraduate and graduate
students across the fields of sociology, gerontology,
industrial/organizational psychology, and business management as
well as to corporate leaders, human resources managers,
professional organizations and policy makers. The text reflects a
growing interest in and concern regarding aspects of aging, ageism,
labor market challenges, workplace issues, plus gender and
racial/ethnic similarities and differences in employment history
and extended worklife opportunities, as they affect older workers
in this country and abroad. Each chapter has cases and profiles and
other strong pedagogical features allowing students to integrate
the content with real world examples.
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