Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Importance of Age Diversity; 2 The Business Case for an Age-diverse Workforce; 3 Age Discrimination and the Law: Forging the Way Ahead; Part II: The Nature of Age and Age Diversity; 4 Situating Age (In)equality within the Paradigm and Practices of Diversity Management; 5 The Relationship between Gender and Age; 6 The Prism of Age: Managing Age Diversity in the Twenty-First-Century Workplace; 7 The Impact of Generational Diversity on People Management
Part III: The Employee's Perspective8 Ageism and Age Discrimination: The Experiences and Perceptions of Older Employees; 9 The Role of Age in Career Progression: Motivation and Barriers to Fulfilment in Older Employees; 10 Younger Academics' Expectations about Work and Future Employers; Part IV: The Employer's Perspective on Managing an Age-Diverse Workforce; 11 Extending Working Life: The Retention of Older Workers; 12 The Importance of 'Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks': Training and Learning Opportunities for Older Workers; 13 Health and Well-Being in Older Workers: Capacity Change with Age
Part V: Managing an Age-Diverse Workforce Across National Contexts14 The Impact of National Context on Managing Age Diversity: The Cases of the UK and Germany; 15 Working Longer in National Contexts: Comparing Japan and the United States; References; Index
Summary
Unique in the multiple approaches that it encompasses, this book includes discussions of both older and younger workers, employer and employee perspectives, generational and age diversity and international comparisons. It includes both conceptual argument and empirical research in order to provide insights into this important area
