Promotion of work ability towards productive aging
Subtitle: selected papers of the 3rd International Symposium on Work Ability, Hanoi, Vietnam, 22-24 October, 2007
By: editor, Masaharu Kumashiro
Contributors: Kumashiro, Masaharu, 1947-; Taylor & Francis
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780203882511; 9780415485906
Subjects: Work capacity evaluation; Age and employment; Congresses; Older people; Health aspects; Employment
Description: This book is a collection of papers that discuss, from a variety of angles, the goal of developing an international standard tool that can be used in common internationally, taking into account differences in circumstances among countries, striving towards a common guideline that exceeds national and regional boundaries and can be used for the diagnostic evaluation of work ability and employability.
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Table of contents: title: Achievements in Aging and work "period 1989-2007; challenges after 2007"  -- W.J. Goedhard; title: Measures for the aging workforce in Japan from the perspective of the occupational health, safety and ergonomics  -- M. Kumashiro; title: The effects of work-related and individual factors on work ability : a systematic review  -- T.I.J. van den Berg, L.A.M. Elders and A. Burdorf; title: Systematic review for assessing job demands and physical work capacity in safety jobs  -- A. Ropponen, J. Smolander and V. Louhevaara; title: The place of age in organisational policymaking : evidence from an Australian qualitative survey  -- L. Brooke, P. Healy, J. Jiang and P. Taylor; title: Establishment of a Work Ability Index network in Germany  -- H.M. Hasselhorn ... [et al.]; title: WAI among workers in SMEs at wholesale, fruits, vegetables and flower market in Brazil -- from research to action  -- I. Monteiro ... [et al.]; title: Factors associated to the work ability among Brazilian teachers  -- T.G. Vedovato and I. Monteiro; title: Factors that predict work ability : incorporating a measure of organisational values towards ageing  -- J. Palermo ... [et al.]; title: Effect of Japanese employment system on Work Ability Index  -- M. Tokuhiro ... [et al.]; title: Study on work ability of Vietnamese workers in selected industries  -- D.K. Van and N.N. Nga; title: WAI among young employees in Brazil with new scores  -- I. Monteiro ... [et al.]; title: Verifying of the theoretical model of perceived work ability in the field of teaching  -- V. Louhevaaral and S. Ja rvelin; title: An assessment of the Work Ability Index (WAI) and its usefulness in predicting and promoting continued work in staff employed by a major UK Charity  -- T. Reilly, A. Rees and M. Tipton; title: Individual and work related determinants of work ability in white-collar workers  -- T.I.J. van den Berg ... [et al.]; title: Workplace trauma exposure, emotional imbalance and work ability  -- G.P. Fichera ... [et al.]; title: Work ability and all cause mortality : a 25-year longitudinal study among Finnish municipal workers  -- J. Seitsamo and R. Martikainen; title: Impacts from occupational risk factors on self reported reduced work ability among Danish wage earners  -- L. Sell, A. Faber and K. S©ıgaard; title: Work ability and work quality as indicators for a longer and more productive working life  -- M. Melon, P. Cocco and G. Costa; title: Disabled people at work and work ability : a study in a Brazilian company  -- E.P. Hodge and I. Monteiro; title: Work ability of a population of 40+ in Luxembourg  -- N. Majery; title: Older worker career plateau : issues and remedies  -- P. McCarthy and S. Moore; title: Can organisations influence employees' intentions to retire?  -- J. Oakman and Y. Wells; title: Extending the working life  -- R.G. Goedhard and W.J.A. Goedhard; title: Pension preferences and work environment  -- M. Stattin; title: Younger managers and considerably older subordinates  -- I. Johansson; title: Training older workers and long-term development : needs and obstacles -- J.-C. Marquie  and L.R. Duarte.; title: Promoting health and workability in Vattenfall AB Nordic, Sweden  -- R.J. Mykletun and T. Furunes; title: Managers' decision making latitudes in relation to managing ageing workers  -- T. Furunes and R.J. Mykletun; title: The DRUVAN-project : a major increase in Occupational Health Service based on the Metal Age method in a Finnish municipality improved the work ability and gave significant financial return  -- O. Na sman and G. Ahonen; title: A study on effects of support systems for KAIZEN in casting production of non-ferrous alloy by aged foundry workers  -- Y. Mizuno ... [et al.]; title: Discovering the treasure : the use of the Work Ability Concept and the WAI in a bus company within a workplace health promotion process  -- J. Tempel and J. Schramm; title: Prolonging working life in intellectual work  -- U . Kristjuhan; title: Ergonomic and safe design of railway vehicles for elderly and handicapped people  -- M. Rentzsch and D. Seliger; title: Female workers' superior peculiarity and consideration for aging for the activation of "super-advanced age and fewer children" society  -- K. Mikami, K. Iida and M. Kumashiro; title: Usability research on the older person's ability for Web browsing  -- D. Kobayashi and S. Yamamoto; title: Impact of psychosocial work environment factors measured by the COPSOQ on the need for recovery after work in aging workers. Preliminary results  -- P. Kiss and M. De Meester; title: Age differences in mental workload while performing visual search task  -- M. Takahara ... [et al.]; title: A study of clinical assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect using a Head Mounted Display system (HMD) for elderly stroke patients in a virtual reality technology  -- T. Tanaka ... [et al.]; title: Postural control using a vibratory feedback system for balance training in the elderly  -- T. Tanaka ... [et al.]; title: A study of static and dynamic balance abilities in the elderly  -- Y. Maeda ... [et al.]; title: Differences of visual information processing between younger and aged person  -- K. Yamanaka, Y. Nakanishi and M. Kawakami; title: Effects of disturbed sleep on work ability and well-being among European nurses  -- D. Camerino ... [et al.]; title: Physical/mental recovery and work ability of nurses in Japan  -- C. Miyamoto ... [et al.]; title: Relationship between depersonalization syndrome and medical malpractice among Japanese nurses  -- M. Sugiura ... [et al.]; title: Effect of continuous exercise on job stress among Japanese nurses  -- Y. Kawata ... [et al.]; title: Relation between Typus Melancholicus and burnout among Japanese nurses  -- Y. Yamada ... [et al.]; title: Relationship between depression and depersonalization among Japanese nurses  -- S. Tanaka; title: Effect of obsessive personality traits and impulsiveness on obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders among hospital nurses  -- Y. Nishi; title: Work-family balance and stressors among Japanese administrative nurses  -- M. Mizuno ... [et al.]; title: Time constraints and age : health impact on musculoskeletal problems and perceived health  -- B. Norma, S. Rosa & S. Francesco; title: Age-related differences in insurance claim rates for work-related injuries and diseases for different occupations and industry sectors  -- K. Munk, P. Congdon and W. Macdonald; title: Age-related differences in patterns of return to work and compensation costs following work-related injury or illness -- K. Munk, P. Congdon and W. Macdonald.