Older workers and active ageing in France: the changing early retirement and company approach

Gendron, Bénédicte

doi:10.1080/09585192.2011.559095

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“…This could be significant since keeping individuals longer in their work life careers seems to be increasingly important in the coming years. Also, since most organizations are growing gradually more international, developing the ability to work in English could be necessary for full utilization of the skills of older generations (Gendron 2011;Tikkanen 2011).…”

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Linguistic diversity and English language use in multicultural organizations: is there a moderating effect of the age of organizational members?

Lauring

Selmer

2013

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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Two great human resource management challenges face organizations in many parts of the world. The workforce is aging leaving fewer young people to take over. At the same time, globalization leads to a pressure for internationalization with great consequences for internal collaboration in many organizations. Accordingly, the link between employee age and language use is of increasing importance. In this study, we report on the findings of a survey using responses from 489 members of Danish multicultural organizations. We studied the effect of linguistic diversity on English language communication as well as the moderating effect of respondents' age. We found linguistic diversity to have positive associations with the two English language communication variables. We also found age to moderate the relationship between linguistic diversity and perceived use of English language by management. Since organizational language use and language management are an understudied topic, the results could have important theoretical and practical implications.

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Linguistic diversity and English language use in multicultural organizations: is there a moderating effect of the age of organizational members?

Lauring

Selmer

2013

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…Esses preconceitos podem gerar efeitos perversos sobre as relações intergeracionais (Cappelli & Novelli, 2010;Leibold & Voelpel, 2006;Taylor & Walker, 1998). Estereótipos negativos levam muitos indivíduos (principalmente os mais jovens) a considerar os trabalhadores mais velhos como (a) menos produtivos, (b) menos competentes, (c) menos comprometidos com o trabalho, (d) menos inovadores e menos dispostos a aceitar a introdução de novas tecnologias, (e) pouco interessados na aprendizagem e no desenvolvimento de novas competências, (f) cognitivamente menos capazes (e.g., Backes-Gellner, Schneider, & Veen, 2011;Cappelli & Novelli, 2010;Cuddy et al, 2005;Kanfer & Ackerman, 2004;Kite, Stockdale, Whitley, Jr., & Johnson, 2005;Lyon & Pollard, 1997;Maurer, Barbeite, Weiss & Lippstreu, 2008) e (g) interessados, principalmente, em aposentar-se o mais cedo possível (Capowski, 1994;Gendron, 2011;Midtsundstad, 2001).…”

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Atitudes perante os Trabalhadores mais Velhos: A Perspetiva dos Estudantes Universitários

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Vilas-Boas

2016

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RESUMO -Procuramos compreender (a) se a estrutura pentadimensional (dimensões: adaptabilidade; valia dos mais velhos para a organização; conscienciosidade e lealdade; capital social e generosidade; desempenho) do instrumento de medida das atitudes dos gestores perante os trabalhadores mais velhos anteriormente desenvolvido é replicada em uma amostra de estudantes universitários e (b) se essas atitudes ajudam a explicar as decisões dos estudantes. A amostra envolveu 278 estudantes universitários portugueses. Os principais resultados são os seguintes: (a) a estrutura pentadimensional obtida com gestores portugueses e brasileiros replica-se na amostra de estudantes; (b) apesar de os estudantes reconhecerem qualidades nos trabalhadores mais velhos, revelam inclinação para práticas discriminatórias relativamente a esses trabalhadores, e essa inclinação parece ser mais acentuada do que a identificada em gestores.Palavras-chave: trabalhadores seniores, discriminação etária, envelhecimento, relações entre gerações Attitudes towards Older Workers: The Perspective of University StudentsABSTRACT -We seek to understand (a) if the penta-dimensional structure (dimensions: adaptability, value of older people to the organization, conscientiousness and loyalty; capital and generosity; performance) of the measuring instrument of managers' attitudes towards older workers previously developed is replicated in a sample of university students and (b) whether these attitudes help to explain the decisions of students. The sample involved 278 university students. The main results are the following: (a) the penta-dimensional structure obtained with Portuguese and Brazilian managers is replicated in the sample of students; (b) although students recognize qualities in older workers, they tend to reveal discriminatory practices with respect to such employees, and those practices appear to be more pronounced than those observed with managers.

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“…Population aging endangers the sustainability of pension systems, and for this reason in 2001 the European Council made a proposal for half the population aged between 55 and 64 years old to be employed in 2010, and among other measures it also proposed that retirement age should be increased [1]. These objectives were not met [2]; in fact, it was not until 2008 with the growing economic crisis that EU countries began to raise the retirement age as occurred in Spain in 2010, where retirement is at 67. However, raising the retirement age has not increased the percentage of the older workforce, but completely the opposite [3].…”

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“…All this means that potential human resources, which correspond to the older more experienced workers, are no longer being taken advantage of [1]. For the above reasons, raising the retirement age is seen as something negative by many workers and in the older population there is still a tendency to withdraw from the labor market [2] [3].…”

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Early Retirement Intention in Workers from the Industry and Service Sectors: Influence of the Perception of Benefits from Retiring or from Continuing to Work

Castro

Limonero²,

Olmedo³

et al. 2015

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This study aims to identify the factors that favor the intention to continue working or to retire in workers over 50 years old. The sample consisted of 186 workers of both sexes from the industry and services sectors who answered a questionnaire which recorded their perceived health, job quality and their perception of the benefits or drawbacks of continuing to work or taking early retirement. The results indicated that to continue in active employment is mainly seen as economically beneficial but negative for family life and health. In contrast, early retirement is seen as beneficial for family life and self-actualization but economically negative. A regression analysis revealed that the motivation to stay active occupationally depends on the perceived health and social support given at work, but mostly to have a positive vision of being active workforce.

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Older workers and active ageing in France: the changing early retirement and company approach

Cited by 24 publications

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Linguistic diversity and English language use in multicultural organizations: is there a moderating effect of the age of organizational members?

Linguistic diversity and English language use in multicultural organizations: is there a moderating effect of the age of organizational members?

Atitudes perante os Trabalhadores mais Velhos: A Perspetiva dos Estudantes Universitários

Early Retirement Intention in Workers from the Industry and Service Sectors: Influence of the Perception of Benefits from Retiring or from Continuing to Work

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