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Ageing, organisations and management : constructive discourses and critical perspectives

By Aaltio-Marjosola , Iiris; Mills , Albert J.; Mills , Jean Helms

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
978-3-319-58813-1, 3319588133, 978-3-319-58812-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4085502 bytes)
Pages
\373
Time added
2017-10-15 16:00:00
Older people -- Employment;Age and employment;BUSI

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"This book explores critical perspectives on ageing in organisations and offers both managerial and workplace practices for dealing with this prominent issue. The collection provides cross-disciplinary research on the discursive and mythological aspects of ageing at work as well as recent studies of the relationship between age and innovation, talent, careers, and workplace transitions. The book brings together authors from Europe, North America and Australia. By addressing current societal challenges and offering insights on ageing at work, this book will be of interest to those involved in human resource management, workplace organisation and the sociology of work."-- Read more... Abstract: This book explores critical perspectives on ageing in organisations and offers both managerial and workplace practices for dealing with this prominent issue. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Why to Study Ageing in Organisations? (Iiris Aaltio, Albert J. Mills, Jean Helms Mills)....Pages 3-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 We the Inuit: Fluid Notions of Age and Non-corporeal Actants (Shelley T. Price, Christopher M. Hartt, Anthony R. Yue, Gretchen G. Pohlkamp)....Pages 19-40 Reifying Age-Related Employment Problems Through the Constructions of the “Problematic” Older and Younger Worker (Cara Lynn Scheuer, Albert J. Mills)....Pages 41-63 Ageing, Gender and Leadership: A Study Based on Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (Iiris Aaltio)....Pages 65-85 Front Matter ....Pages 87-87 Late Career and Retirement in the Context of Changing Careers (Hanna Salminen, Monika von Bonsdorff)....Pages 89-111 Talent Management and Older Workers: Later Life Career Development (Suzanne L. Cook, Victoria Rougette)....Pages 113-140 Age Management in Organizations: The Perspective of Middle-Aged Employees (Pia Heilmann)....Pages 141-157 Front Matter ....Pages 159-159 Age in the City: Embodied Ageing in Financial Services (Leanne Cutcher, Kathleen Riach)....Pages 161-182 Old Age as a Market Advantage: The Example of Staffing Agencies in Sweden (Elisabet Cedersund, Gunilla Rapp, Carin Holmquist, Elisabeth Sundin)....Pages 183-210 Reconciling Employment and Caregiving: Good Workplace Practices and Arrangements (Kaisa Kauppinen, Mia Silfver-Kuhalampi)....Pages 211-227 Career, Care, and Time: Female Top Managers in the Intersections of Age, Gender, and Work–Family (Marjut Jyrkinen, Charlotta Niemistö, Jeff Hearn)....Pages 229-251 Front Matter ....Pages 253-253 Opportunity- and Necessity-Driven Self-Employment Among Older People in Finland (Hannu Tervo, Mika Haapanen)....Pages 255-276 The Older as Entrepreneurs: A Diversified Group—Illustrated Through Entrepreneurship in Technical Consultancy and Artistic and Literary Work (Martin Klinthäll, Elisabeth Sundin)....Pages 277-300 Front Matter ....Pages 301-301 Intergenerational Interaction and the Benefits of Ageing Employees in a Nursing Home (Kristiina Niemi-Kaija)....Pages 303-322 Reconceptualising Work-Retirement Transitions: Critiques of the New Retirement and Bridge Employment (Catherine Earl, Philip Taylor)....Pages 323-344 Back Matter ....Pages 345-370

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