Worker-related ageism: A systematic review of empirical research

MMJ Cebola, NR dos Santos, A Dionísio - Ageing & Society, 2023 - cambridge.org
With the demographic and workforce ageing, ageism has been reflected in the work context.
Ageism can be defined as stereotypes, prejudice and/or age-based discrimination. It is a …

Understanding older worker precarity: the intersecting domains of jobs, households and the welfare state

D Lain, L Airey, W Loretto, S Vickerstaff - Ageing & Society, 2019 - cambridge.org
In policy debates it is commonly claimed that older workers are entering a period of choice
and control. In contrast, Guy Standing's book The Precariat: The Dangerous New Class …

The impact of age stereotypes and age norms on employees' retirement choices: A neglected aspect of research on extended working lives

S Vickerstaff, M Van der Horst - Frontiers in Sociology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This article examines how older workers employ internalized age norms and perceptions
when thinking about extending their working lives or retirement timing. It draws on semi …

Matching the pieces: The presence of idiosyncratic deals and their impact on retirement preferences among older workers

R Jonsson, C Hasselgren, L Dellve… - Work, Aging and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Despite working life prolongation having been at the center of the policy agenda in Europe
for the last two decades, organizations' engagement in formal age-management activities …

Gendered retirement pathways across lifecourse regimes

I Madero-Cabib, N Le Feuvre, S König - Ageing & Society, 2023 - cambridge.org
In order to capture the rapidly changing reality of older workers, it is important to study
retirement not as a one-off transition, but rather as a series of diverse pathways that unfold …

[HTML][HTML] Embodied ageism:“I don't know if you do get to an age where you're too old to learn”

S Vickerstaff, M Van der Horst - Journal of Aging Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
More people are extending their working lives through choice or necessity and as a result
there is an increasing focus on the experiences of older workers. Access to training and …

Musculoskeletal pain affects the age of retirement and the risk of work cessation among older people

NG Niederstrasser, E Wainwright, MJ Stevens - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Many people with chronic pain cannot work, while working despite chronic pain
is linked to absenteeism and presenteeism and a host of other deleterious effects. This …

Life-course transitions and exclusion from social relations in the lives of older men and women

A Urbaniak, K Walsh, LG Batista, MP Kafková… - Journal of Aging …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is increasing interest across European contexts in promoting active social lives in
older age, and counteracting pathways and outcomes related to social isolation and …

The experiences of human resource professionals in managing career development of an ageing workforce: a narrative thematic analysis

I Mok, L Mackenzie, K Thomson - Qualitative Research in …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the experience of human resource (HR)
professionals in managing career development for older workers. It focuses on the influence …

'We don't talk about age': a study of human resources retirement narratives

R Arman, R Kadefors, E Wikström - Ageing & Society, 2022 - cambridge.org
At the societal and policy level, delaying retirement is generally agreed upon to solve the
problem of the increasing proportion of older workers in Sweden, as in many other countries …