The Changing Workforce Demographics in Asia Pacific

Katwyk, Paul T. Van

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195385052.013.0058

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“…Although the current legislation in Germany did not support post-retirement employment for many years (Deller & Pundt, 2014), an increasing number of people continue with some type of work activity after they have officially retired from their primary employment, as evidenced by the labor force participation trend for people older than 65 years of age from 1970 to 2013 in Germany (OECD, 2015). This growing trend of post-retirement employment is also visible in other industrialized countries, such as Austria, Finland, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Cahill, Giandrea, & Quinn, 2013;Eurofound, 2012;Van Katwyk, 2012).…”

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The Meaning of Work for Post-retirement Employment Decisions

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Post-retirement employment has become an increasingly important form of labor force participation for both retirees and employers in the last decade. In order to understand post-retirement employment decision-making, the current study investigates the meaning of work and its relationship to post-retirement employment. Based on previous research, we examined four dimensions of the meaning of work (i.e., social, personal, financial, and generative meaning of work) relevant to predicting post-retirement employment. Population-representative data from the German Transitions and Old Age Potential study (N = 2,149) were used to test the hypotheses. The results from binary logistic regression analysis indicated that the social and personal meanings of work were positively related to the likelihood to engage in post-retirement employment. Further, subjective economic status was found to moderate the relationship between the financial meaning of work and post-retirement employment. Exploratory analysis was conducted for post-retirement civil engagement and post-retirement family care in order to understand the broader role of the generative meaning of work. The findings of the present study extend previous research on late career decisions. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of theoretical development and individual and organizational practices.

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The Meaning of Work for Post-retirement Employment Decisions

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“…visual art, exercise, older adults, well-being, quality of life Increased life expectancy, longevity, and improved living conditions have all contributed to the rapid growth of the older adult population globally (Hutton, 2008;World Health Organization [WHO], 2011). This growth poses challenges on pensions, social insurance, and health care systems (Van Katwyk, 2012;Ng, Hakimi, Byass, Wilopo, & Wall, 2010;Priebe & Howell, 2014). Obviously, appropriate health care for older adults is important given that health problems increase sharply with age (Parker & Thorslund, 2007) and have a negative impact on numerous daily activities (Joshi, Kumar, & Avasthi, 2003).…”

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The Effectiveness of Combining Visual Art Activities and Physical Exercise for Older Adults on Well-Being or Quality of Life and Mood: A Scoping Review

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Visual art activities and physical exercise are both low-intensity and low-cost interventions. The present study aims to comprehensively describe published literature on the effectiveness of a combination of these interventions on wellbeing or quality of life (QoL) and mood of older adults. Embase, CINAHL, Ovid Medline (R), PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases were searched for studies published between 1990 and 2015 that evaluated interventions combining visual art therapy and exercise for people aged 50 years or older with at least one resultant well-being or QoL or mood outcome. We found

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“…Population and workforce aging undoubtedly rank highly on the agendas of Australia's policy-making bodies and nongovernmental think tanks. Over the past decade, the Australian government, National Seniors Australia, and other thought leaders have published a series of detailed and insightful reports on the challenges and opportunities of an aging Australia (Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians, 2011; Commonwealth of Australia, 2005Australia, , 2010Australia, , 2013Compton et al, 2014;National Seniors Australia, 2009, 2012. Two common themes of these reports are the fundamental importance of further increasing employment participation of older adults and improving older workers' employment experiences, performance, and retention.…”

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“…The aging of the Australian population has been apparent since the 1960s and, over the past two decades, the proportion of older people in the workforce has been increasing at a faster rate than in the general population (Van Katwyk, 2012). Thus, it is not surprising that Australian researchers have investigated topics such as age diversity at work, age discrimination in employment, management of older workers, unemployment of older adults, and the transition to retirement for some time now (Bennington & Tharenou, 1996;Borowski, Encel, & Ozanne, 1997;Griffin & Hesketh, 2008;Griffin, Hesketh, & Loh, 2012;Kossen & Pedersen, 2008;Murray & Syed, 2005;Patrickson & Hartmann, 1995, 2001Patrickson & Ranzijn, 2004;Zacher, 2013).…”

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