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A Review and Synthesis of the Work Ability Literature



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  • Description:
    There is a growing literature investigating aging and work due to increasing numbers of older working adults. One emerging research line has focused on work ability (WA), or workers' functional capacity to meet work demands, including the antecedents of WA and how WA affects work attitudes, performance, and retirement. Our article provides the first comprehensive multidisciplinary (e.g., medicine, psychology, management) review of the WA literature to date. In our review, we discuss the evolution and limitations of WA measurement and conceptualization that could limit future advancements in WA research, integrate WA with organizational and lifespan development theories, synthesize the extant WA literature using the job demands and resources model as an organizing framework, describe interventions focused on promoting and maintaining WA, and provide recommendations for future WA research. This review aims to offer greater understanding of how WA should be situated within the workplace literature and the processes by which workers determine their ability to continue working over their lifespan, ultimately leading to the development of workplace interventions and policies to address these profound changes in workforce demographics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    2054-4650
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    114-138
  • Volume:
    5
  • Issue:
    1
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20063205
  • Citation:
    Work Aging Retire 2019 Jan; 5(1):114-138
  • Contact Point Address:
    David M. Cadiz, The School of Business, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751
  • Email:
    dcadiz@pdx.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2019
  • Performing Organization:
    Portland State University
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Work, Aging and Retirement
  • End Date:
    20250630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:f3826b06b88b0b3f85420c2461ac3ea7bdc3462b527144029ea2883896bc95b73101ff642bcd29c275fe36e9acd01f26c3ac70ca1f1cf88ecc27376e2de8b958
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