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The Older Worker Advantage Making the Most of Our Aging Workforce
Gordon F. Shea, Adolf Haasen
Book Code: C8701
ISBN: 0-275-98701-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98701-5
244 pages, figures; tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2005
List Price: $41.95 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Drawing upon current international research, Shea and Haasen dispel some common myths that contribute to age discrimination and argue for the relevance of such qualities as life experience and communication skills for today's knowledge-driven enterprises. They also describe the pioneering efforts of organizations that have established successful programs for developing the skills of older workers and supporting multigenerational collaboration.
    —Reference & Research Book News     February 2006
  • Endorsement From Ken Dychtwald
    President and CEO, Age Wave
    author of Age Power, Retire Retirement and The Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life:     Today's fast-growing cadre of 'older' employees, increasingly working well past traditional retirement age, is changing the makeup of our labor force and challenging conventional attitudes toward work. Gordon Shea and Adolf Haasen illuminate this phenomenon, dispelling common stereotypes of older workers and demonstrating the creative power of the multi-generational workplace. Brimming with examples of organizations that are creating opportunities for older workers, this book is essential reading for anyone--young and old alike--looking to keep pace with these dramatic changes.
  • Endorsement From Harvey L. Sterns
    Director, Institute for Life-Span
    Development and Gerontology
    Research Professor of Gerontology
    Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine:     The Older Worker Advantage captures the new view of what it means to be an effective, evolving, self-motivated older worker and presents managers with current information on how to use these talented older workers effectively. Approaches to organizational change with multi-generational workers and work teams, training, performance appraisal, and age-neutral policies, among other salient issues are presented. This is a useful guide for anyone managing or working with the aging workforce of the present and future.
Description: Recently published figures predict that the number of employed individuals between the ages of 55 and 64 will increase by 11 million by 2002; on average, today's 65-year-old can expect to live to 83, reflecting general trends in increased health and longevity. As the huge cadre of baby boomers approaches traditional retirement age, such factors as financial security, health benefits, and the attractiveness of staying active in later years are encouraging more older people to work well into their 60s, 70s, and even 80s, while businesses are learning to anticipate their long-term employment needs, and facing potential labor shortages unless they hold onto and develop more older workers. The economic, political, and cultural implications of these trends will reach staggering proportions, changing the make-up of organizations large and small and the very nature of work and our attitudes toward it. The Older Worker Advantage tackles these issues head on, taking into account both the organization's/manager's point of view and the older employee's point of view. Gordon Shea and Adolf Haasen analyze data from a wide variety of sources, including international comparisons, to explore the phenomenon of older workers in depth, dispelling common myths that contribute to age discrimination, and reinforcing the relevance of such qualities as life experience and communication skills for today's knowledge-driven enterprises. The authors showcase the pioneering efforts of such organizations as the Vita Needle Company, AES Corporation, and the U.S. Coast Guard, among others, in establishing programs and practices that develop older worker skills and support multigenerational collaboration--to the benefit of both individuals and the organization. In the process, they consider such timely topics as: *what motivates older workers; *the impact of technology on older worker training; *creating diverse project teams; *an emerging breed of managers attuned to older worker requirements and capabilities. Featuring diagnostic exercises, an appendix on legal protections for older workers, and specific tools for enhancing productivity and positive work environments, The Older Worker Advantage will be an essential resource for business owners and executives, managers, older employees, trainers, counselors, policymakers, educators, and students--anyone concerned with the profound changes in our workforce and its effects on young and old alike.
LC Card Number: 2005019186
LCC Class: HD6279
Dewey Class: 331
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