Aging and work
Subtitle: an assessment and implications for the future
By: edited by Sara J. Czaja and Joseph Sharit.
Contributors: Czaja, Sara J.; Sharit, Joseph.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801892738
Subjects: Older people -- Employment; Age and employment; Health promotion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Institutional and individual responses to structural lag : the changing patterns of work at older ages / Richard V. Burkhauser and Ludmila Rovba; title: Caregiving and employment / Richard Schulz and Lynn M. Martire; title: Aging and work : an international perspective / Juhani Ilmarinen; title: The politics of work and aging : public policy for the new elders / Fernando M. Torres-Gil; title: Implications of an aging workforce : an industry perspective / Vicki L. Hanson and Eric Lesser; title: Trends in job demands, and the implications for older workers / Peter Cappelli; title: Telework and older workers / Joseph Sharit and Sara J. Czaja; title: Collaborative work : what's age got to do with it? / Michael A. Smyer and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes; title: The issues and opportunities of entrepreneurship after age fifty / Edward G. Rogoff; title: Managers' attitudes toward older workers : a review of the evidence / Richard W. Johnson; title: Work and older adults : motivation and performance / Ruth Kanfer; title: Skill acquisition in older adults : psychological mechanisms / Neil Charness; title: Preparing organizations and workers for current and future employment : training and retraining / Sara J. Czaja and Joseph Sharit; title: Age and performance measures of knowledge-based work : a cognitive perspective / Pamela S. Tsang; title: Ergonomic design of workplaces for the aging population / Karl H. E. Kroemer; title: Safety and health issues for an aging workforce / James W. Grosch and Glenn S. Pransky; title: Work organization and health in an aging workforce : observations from the NIOSH quality of life survey / Steven L. Sauter, Jessica M. Keel, and Dennis J. Hanseman; title: Health promotion and wellness programs for older workers / Robert B. Wallace and Gwenith G. Fisher.