Working Longer. New Strategies for Managing, Training, and Retaining Older Employees - Brossura

Sterns, Harvey; Rothwell, William; Spokus, Diane; Reaser, Joel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 081447392X ISBN 13: 9780814473924

Casa editrice: AMACOM, 2008

Riassunto

While many employers have traditionally viewed their younger employees as their most precious assets, the truth is that their more seasoned workers are often their most valuable. Written by experts in the field of workforce education and the management of older workers, Working Longer gives recruiters, managers, and trainers the tools they need to nurture and empower these vital employees, such as:

• Creative strategies for recruiting retirees and developing a senior friendly workplace
• Career and performance management techniques for effectively motivating and engaging older workers
• Instructional design facilitation methods that will enable older workers to upgrade their skills.

With compassion and wisdom, this is the only book that shows employers how to value, coach, and keep their most experienced people.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dr. Sterns received his Ph.D. in Life-Span Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University in 1971. His major areas of interest include industrial gerontology, life-span development, training and career development. He is Director of the Institute for Life- Span Development and Gerontology. Courses typically taught include psychology of adulthood and aging, industrial/gerontological psychology, and undergraduate psychology courses. His publications have appeared in many gerontology journals including Experimental Aging Research, The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Gerontology, Generations, Journal of Applied Gerontology. He has served on the editorial board of Psychology and Aging, The Gerontologist, and Journal of Women and Aging and serves on the editorial boards of Experimental Aging Research and Research on Aging. He is a Fellow of the American Psychology Association, Gerontological Society of America and the American Psychological Society. Current research includes training of adult and older adult workers, personality factors, and retirement adjustment and satisfaction, as well as personality factors in housing choices in retirement. Other research includes alcohol treatment and aging, and life planning issues for older adults with mental retardation.

Contenuti:

Contents

Forewordxi

Prefacexv

Acknowledgments xxiii

Advance Organizer for This Book xxv

Part I Introduction1

Chapter 1

Older Adult Workers in Today’s Work World3

Defining Adult and Older Adult Workers 6

Self-Management 9

Organizational Issues 13

Working Longer 15

Changes in the Work Environment16

Challenges to Be Faced18

Work in the Same Organization or Move?21

Careers in Later Life23

Support from Employers29

Decision Making and Work Opportunities32

Midlife Changes 33

Summary35

Chapter 2

Adapting the Workplace to Accommodate Physiological Age-Related Changes in Older Adults 36

Aging: A Global View 40

Biological Aging 40

Psychological Aging 50

Social Aging 52

Older Adults Continuing to Work 53

Designing the Workplace for Older Americans 54

Stereotypes About Aging56

The Americans With Disabilities Act57

Minorities in the Workplace63

Work Issues66

Active Older Workers66

Adapting the Workplace for Older Adults67

Summary 68

Chapter 3

How to Train Older Adults: Aging Influences on Cognitive Tasks 69

Translating What We Know into Adult and Older Worker Training72

Summary 80

Part II Design83

Chapter 4

Instructional Design for Training Older Workers85

ADDIE Model85

Individual Differences98

Training99

The Value of Training Older Workers101

How Older Adults Learn Best104

Guidelines for Training Older Adults105

Transferring Training Results105

Training Modalities106

Older Adults as Learners107

Diversity Training109

Summary110

Chapter 5

Improving Learning Performance112

Workplace Learning Competence and Its Importance112

Workplace Learning Competence and Workplace Learning Climate 113

Learner Characteristics of Older Versus Younger Adults116

Implications of Learning Principles for Training Older Adults117

Summary126

Chapter 6

Career Development for Adults and Older Workers127

Self-Management: Career and Retirement127

Obstacles to Self-Management144

Models of Career Development146

Looking to the Future151

Recommendations155

Future Directions157

Summary158

Part III Managing Organizational Knowledge167

Chapter 7

What Employers Can Do to Plan for an Aging Workforce169

The Evolving Workplace169

Getting Ahead of the Trends172

Action Steps for Preparing for the Workforce of the Future197

Summary 200

Appendix: Resources List201

Notes214

About the Authors234

Index239

Su questa edizione

• Editore: AMACOM
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 081447392X
• ISBN 13: 9780814473924
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 244