The association between psychosocial work environment, attitudes towards older workers (ageism) and planned retirement

Thorsen, Sannie Vester; Rugulies, Reiner; Løngaard, Katja; Borg, Vilhelm; Thielen, Karsten; Bjørner, Jakob Bue

doi:10.1007/s00420-011-0689-5

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“…a certain age range, can easily lead to generalisations and stereotyping [114]. Age discrimination has significant associations with early retirement, 15 especially for men [115]. However, age discrimination appears to be more common for women.…”

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Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Nilsson

2016

Scand J Public Health

196

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2 Conceptualization of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life -a reviewAim: The aim of this study was to explore and understand the complexity of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life. Method: Discourse analysis of documents was used in an integrative review including 128 articles. Result: Four different conceptualization of ageing are shown affect older workers' ability to extend their working life: i) Biological ageing people's health in relation to their physical and mental work environment, their pace of work and recuperation needs; ii) chronological ageing statutory retirement age and policies and economic incentives devised for older workers by society, union and organisations/enterprises; iii) social ageing inclusion in different social groups, the attitude of managers, organisations and family members, the leisure activities and surrounding environment; and iv) mental/cognitive ageing self-crediting, motivating and meaningful activities, competence and skills in working life. Conclusion: Societies today focus mostly on chronological ageing and are looking to increase the retirement age with regard to statutory pension systems, e.g. beyond 65 years of age. The inter-relationships between chronological, mental, biological and social ageing and the nine areas identified as being important to older workers in these respects need to be considered when aiming to provide a sustainable working life for the increasing numbers of older workers in modern society.The theoretical model developed is a contribution to the critical debate that can be applied by societies, employers and managers in order to provide older workers with an inclusive and sustainable extended working life. Keywords:Ageing, older workers, retirement, health, economic, physical and mental work environment, working hours and rest, age management, competence and skills, motivation and work satisfaction, family and leisure pursuits. IntroductionThe ageing population is an important public health area and is widely seen as one of the most significant threats to global wealth because of the potentially profound social, economic and political implications and the strains it imposes on the robustness of welfare systems [1,2]. The number of people aged 60 and above is currently 3 increasing by more than two million per year in the Western world, roughly twice the rate observed until about four years ago. Life expectancy at birth today is over 80 years in 33 countries, up from 19 countries in 2005 [3].The challenges and opportunities posed by this demographic shift are of special interest for sustainable societies and require the implementation of policies to help people stay healthy and active in ageing, as well as in working life.Societies, organisations and businesses have to understand, manage and care for ageing workers in their extended working life. The main demographic factor that distinguishes older workers from other employees is obviously their age. Previous research has mostly ...

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Section: Attitude Of Managers and Organisationsmentioning

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Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Nilsson

2016

Scand J Public Health

196

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“…While some workers welcome retirement, retiring effectively cuts off a wellspring of social connections, opportunities, and meaning available on a day-to-day basis. Early retirement -which can be catalyzed by the experience of ageism at the workplace (Thorsen et al 2012;von Hippel et al 2013) -can be particularly pernicious to older adults' cognition and mental health (Börsch-Supan and Schuth 2014). Börsch-Supan and Schuth (2014) found that retirement in general, and early retirement in particular, are associated with reductions in overall social network size, and that this reduction is mostly owing to the presence of fewer friends, colleagues, and other non-family contacts in one's social network.…”

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Pathways from Ageism to Loneliness

Shiovitz-Ezra

Shemesh

McDonnell‐Naughton

2018

International Perspectives on Aging

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“…During September-December 2008, 12 584 Danish residents responded to the DANES survey (response rate 69%) (21,22). We invited these respondents to participate in PEWED if they (i) were between 18-65 years, (ii) were employed, (iii) responded by mailed or internet questionnaire, but not by telephone interview, as mode of administration can affect the answers (23), and (iv) had depressive symptoms, defined as a score of ≥10 points on the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) (24,25).…”

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A multi-wave study of organizational justice at work and long-term sickness absence among employees with depressive symptoms

Hjarsbech¹,

Christensen²,

Bjørner³

et al. 2013

Scand J Work Environ Health

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The association between psychosocial work environment, attitudes towards older workers (ageism) and planned retirement

Abstract: Ageism, lack of recognition and lack of development possibilities are associated with older male workers' retirement plans in our analyses. Workability has the strongest association with retirement plans for both genders.

Cited by 68 publications

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Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Conceptualisation of ageing in relation to factors of importance for extending working life – a review

Pathways from Ageism to Loneliness

A multi-wave study of organizational justice at work and long-term sickness absence among employees with depressive symptoms

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