Maintaining Work Ability to Support and Retain Older Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Brady G ; Cadiz DM ; Rineer JR ; Truxillo DM
• Description:
  The retention of older workers is a topic that at some point will be relevant to nearly every person working today. Given the advances in modern medicine and the aging populations of many countries, organizations and society will need to identify effective methods for accommodating these societal changes. In this chapter, we discuss the implications of an aging workforce for individuals, organizations, and society and the importance of supporting and retaining older workers. We then discuss the construct of work ability (WA), an important predictor of exit from the workforce (von Bonsdorff, Seitsamo, Ilmarinen, von Bonsdorff, & Taina, 2012), including current conceptual and methodological questions regarding WA. We couch our discussion of older worker retention in the promotion and maintenance of WA within the work design, and specifically, the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) frameworks. Throughout this discussion, we identify specific antecedents that either promote or diminish WA. We conclude by discussing directions for future research and providing practical recommendations to help maintain and improve WA, thereby improving older worker retention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Groups Aging Workforce Occupational Psychology Work Capability Workforce Development Work Organization
• ISBN:
  9781786354488
• Publisher:
  Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  323-353
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063203
• Citation:
  The aging workforce handbook: individual, organizational, and societal challenges. Antoniou AS, Burke RJ, Cooper CL eds. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016 Nov; :323-353
• Editor(s):
  Antoniou AS; Burke RJ; Cooper CL
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  The aging workforce handbook: individual, organizational, and societal challenges
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0dfe03b3106a57c6e4a005af2472095fed523041b736c10c7e3f694727919f8c2cf0224e05cd1e088996944c1867ab790d8fc6c04fd23014f728eff94485a5d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226305/cdc_226305_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 353.23 KB ]