"Examines effects of the 2008-09 financial downturn on all workers with particular attention to low-income older workers who stand to suffer the most, often retiring early because of lack of work; discusses the real effects of the stock market decline, falling house prices, and …
"The budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning…
"The forces driving the first decades of the 21st century--globalization, technology, and unprecedented wealth mixed with jarring economic instability--are pushing the day of retirement later and later in life. The era of the aging worker is here. From the rice paddies of Japan …
Your vintage is growing in value -- Am I a "mentern"? -- Raw, cooked, burned, repeat -- Lesson 1: evolve -- Lesson 2: learn -- Lesson 3: collaborate -- Lesson 4: counsel -- Rewire, don't retire -- The experience dividend: embracing modern elders in organizations -- The age of th…
"The edited volume, Age and Work presents a systematic collection of key advances in theory, methods, and practice regarding age(ing) and work. This leading-edge collection breaks new ground by developing novel and useful theory, explaining underutilized but important methodolog…
Foreword / Diane Keeble-Ramsay -- Challenges of age for workplace development / Diane Keeble-Ramsay -- Leadership, millennials and ageing / Kevin Roe -- Challenging the way we engage an aging workforce / Jonathan Smith and Jonathan Martin -- Menopausal/post-menopausal women and …
The new normal -- The fast money trap -- Aging in low wage work -- Retiring in a coffin -- Crisis or come together