Work and Aging

A European Prospective

Jan Snel, R. Cremer

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2020
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000162684
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Social Sciences

In the past few years the topic of work and ageing has received much public and professional interest. The progressive "greying" of the population and its impact on work is a problem of widespread and growing concern, with major consequences for the economy in terms of productivity, performance, health care, work design and entry opportunities; and for the individual older worker. A European Symposium on Work and Ageing was held in Amsterdam in 1993. It was intended not only for a forum of scientists but also for practitioners and policy-makers who are actually involved in this growing field of social interest.; "Work and Aging", a multi-disciplinary book derives, in part, from this symposium, but also includes especially invited contribributions from experts in occupational health and safety, organizational psychology, cognitive science, and ergonomics.; Throughout the diverse chapters, incentives are suggested on how and why an organization could benefit from the asset of an ageing worker. Training programmes for human resource management, with respect to the elderly and disabled worker in particular, are offered in order to deal effectively with vocational rehabilitation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Chapter 1 The European Year of Older People and Solidarity between Generations
• Chapter 2 Aging at work: A European perspective
• Chapter 3 Opinions on work and aging
• Chapter 4 When I'm sixty-four
• Part I Aging, work and health
• Part II Aging and mental work capacity
• Part III Training and educational programmes
• Part IV Social policy and perspectives
• Epilogue
• Index