| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) |
| Contents |
Demographic challenges for human resource management practices and labour market policies in Japan and Germany -- an overview / H. Conrad, V. Heindorf & F. Waldenberger -- Aging workforces and challenges to human resource management in German firms / U. Backes-Gellner & S. Veen -- Pensions and labour market reforms for the ageing society / A. Seike -- Effects of institutions on human capital investment: a comparison of policies in Japan, Germany and the USA / B. Wolff, M. Gunkel & S. Wenzke -- Labour, income and poverty among elderly Japanese / I. Ohashi -- The employment of older workers in Japanese firms: empirical evidence from micro data / Y. Higuchi & I. Yamamoto -- Effects of support measures on employment of elderly people in Japan / J. Nakamura -- Ergonomic design and intervention strategies in health promotion for ageing workforces / H. Luczak & M.C. Stemann -- The performance-based salary system and personnel management reforms in Japan / K. Nakamura -- Paradigm changes in labour market policies for older workers in Germany -- background factors and recent developments / G. Naegele -- Towards ageless employment policies -- a union's experience of the extension of the mandatory retirement age / N. Shintani |
| Summary |
A declining and ageing work force poses severe challenges to workers, companies and policy makers. Older worker have to be motivated to stay in the work force. Companies have to adjust their human resource management and development practices to allow for the employment of elderly workers. Labour market policies and public pension systems have to be reformed to support necessary adjustments at the worker and company level. The book brings together leading experts in the field from Japan and Germany to present and discuss how the challenges are coped with in their respective country. Based on recent surveys and statistical analyses, the articles describe employment trends at market and firm levels, investigate the impact of employment practices, labour market policies and pension systems and derive policy recommendations. As Japan and Germany experience the fastest demographic change among industrialized economies, the analysis may serve as reference for other countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Older people -- Employment -- Germany
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Older people -- Employment -- Japan
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Personnel management -- Germany
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Personnel management -- Japan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Older people -- Employment
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Personnel management
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Äldre -- arbete och arbetsmarknad -- Tyskland.
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Äldre -- arbete och arbetsmarknad -- Japan.
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Personaladministration -- Tyskland.
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Personaladministration -- Japan.
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Germany
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Conrad, Harald, editor.
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Heindorf, Viktoria, editor.
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Waldenberger, Franz, 1961- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780230582750 |
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0230582753 |
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