...Xiqiang Peng; Xizhou Tian; Xiaoping Peng; Jinyu Xie Purpose Using signaling theory, the overarching purpose of this study is to provide an insight into how age-inclusive HR practices (AIHRP) influence older workers' voice behavior through job crafting toward strengths (JCS) and how negative age...

...Maaike Schellaert; Eva Derous Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic forced many employees to work from home, resulting in new demands that might cause older workers to reevaluate their retirement decisions. Building on the extended Job Demands-Resources model, which explains work-related outcomes in times...

...Mego Kuan-Lun Chen; Elliroma Gardiner Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify what work-related factors influence the continued participation of older workers in the workforce. Design/methodology/approach A systematic quantitative literature review of the workforce participation...

...Timothy Andrew Bentley; Stephen T. Teo; Bevan Catley; Kate Blackwood; Maree Roche; Michael P. O’Driscoll Purpose The engagement and retention of older workers is a major concern for organisations and has been an increasing focus for human resource scholars internationally. Drawing on social...

..., the outcomes of bridge employment. The authors also identify factors uniquely applicable to bridge employees. This is the first paper that examines the experiences of bridge employees through such theoretical perspectives. Retirement Self-determination theory Older workers Critical Bridge employment...

...Johannes Marcelus Kraak; Marcello Russo; Alfredo Jiménez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of work–life balance (WLB) inducements of the psychological contract on three work-related outcomes for a sample of Dutch older workers: psychological contract breach, turnover...

...., 2012). However, we examine here how thriving changes when unemployed individuals become employed. Transitions from employment to unemployment and vice versa have been common practice. Older workers are in a disadvantaged position here, with lower chances to find work once unemployed. While...

... initiatives to the benefit of older workers (i.e., manager behaviors). The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – Based on theories concerning the origins of stereotypes and the concept of “in-group bias”, three hypotheses were tested on a sample of HR managers from 516 Italian...

...Sophie HENNEKAM; Olivier Herrbach Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the perception of HRM practices and the retirement decision of older workers with a low occupational status in the creative industry in the Netherlands using social identity theory. Design/methodology/approach...

... the possibility of a different approach to the management of older workers. However, these studies investigated subjective age in general, and, as far as we know, none of them specifically looked at subjective age in the work place. Our study is thus based on the following hypotheses. The life‐span theory...

...Kate Shacklock; Yvonne Brunetto Purpose This study aims to conceptualise the notion of “older workers' intentions to continue paid working” (OWICW) and to validate a scale for measuring the impact of work‐related factors on older workers' intentions to continue in employment. Design/methodology...

... identity and produces the expectation that superior performance and extra‐role behavior, carried out for the organization, will be recognized and rewarded (Rhoades and Eisenberger, 2002). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Age discrimination Older workers Motivation (psychology...

...Matthew Flynn Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature linked to older workers' work orientations and the use of typologies to identify groups of older workers according to their work and retirement patterns. Design/methodology/approach The approach taken entails...

...Edith Josten; René Schalk Purpose Demotion is sometimes recommended as an instrument for extending older workers' labor force participation. There is, however, very little research on the effects of demotion on employees. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate these effects...

... rather than French apprentices. Policy implications include the importance of a training rich in culture and humanity for the training of young people. Practical implications These include the positive role of older workers in VET; the importance of off‐the‐job training and mentoring...