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Adapting training for older employees
Armstrong‐Stassen, Marjorie; Templer, Andrew - In: Journal of Management Development 24 (2005) 1, pp. 57-67
Purpose – The workforce is aging in all industrialized nations and the retention of older workers will become one of the dominant issues in the coming decades. Training is an important component of retention and the availability of training is critical for retaining older workers....
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The effect of downsizing on organizational practices targeting older workers
Armstrong‐Stassen, Marjorie; Cattaneo, Julian - In: Journal of Management Development 29 (2010) 4, pp. 344-363
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between organizational downsizing and the extent to which organizations are engaging in human resource practices tailored to the needs of older workers (Study 1) and are providing a supportive training and development climate...
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Developing an empirical typology of diversity-oriented human resource management practices
Meena, Kavita; Vanka, Sita - In: Journal of Management Development 36 (2017) 7, pp. 915-929
Purpose The significance of human resource management in managing workforce diversity has been emphasized by researchers and various practices have been identified and prescribed in literature. However, there is lack of HR typologies to understand different diversity management alternatives....
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Helping older workers cope with continuous quality improvement
Kidwell, Roland E. - In: Journal of Management Development 22 (2003) 10, pp. 890-905
When organizations implement continuous quality improvement (CQI) programs, managers and employees are faced with massive change, often requiring a renegotiation of the psychological contract between employer and employee. This paper discusses generational differences in reactions to major...
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Older workers: some critical societal and organizational challenges
Vasconcelos, Anselmo Ferreira - In: Journal of Management Development 34 (2015) 3, pp. 352-372
through initiatives such as acknowledgment and sensitivity; diversity; learning and development; legislation; wise leadership …
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Career success of older workers: the influence of social skills and continuous learning ability
Hennekam, Sophie - In: Journal of Management Development 34 (2015) 9, pp. 1113-1133
learning ability on career success and career satisfaction among workers aged 50 or over. Design/methodology/approach – A mixed … and career satisfaction However, the interviews revealed that not all older workers perceived the need to continuously … success and career satisfaction of older workers has received only little attention from researchers.  …
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An ageing world and the challenges for a model of sustainable social change
Angeloni, Silvia; Borgonovi, Elio - In: Journal of Management Development 35 (2016) 4, pp. 464-485
Purpose – Although the world is rapidly ageing, the alarming explosion of youth unemployment seems to have removed the workforce ageing issue as a priority from the policy agenda. The purpose of this paper is to test and investigate the main needs and willingness to work among the older...
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Organizations workforce demographic age preferences: multiple case-studies from Brazil
Vasconcelos, Anselmo Ferreira - In: Journal of Management Development 35 (2016) 3, pp. 406-427
of analysis, one may therefore infer that such options have been buttressed by the leadership held values. Surprisingly …
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Diversity factors and preferential treatments in selecting employees
Taap Manshor, Amat; Jusoh, Mazuki; Simun, Maimun - In: Journal of Management Development 22 (2003) 7, pp. 643-656
This study examines the effect of hiring managers' demographic characteristics on employee selection preferences, and the strength of the manager's selection preferences towards candidates' demographic characteristics when the candidate's relative qualification changes. A sample of 156...
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Managing diversity using a strategic planned change approach
Friday, Earnest; Friday, Shawnta S. - In: Journal of Management Development 22 (2003) 10, pp. 863-880
Many organizations have implemented various types of initiatives within the last few decades in an effort to deal with diversity. A possible missing vinculum (link) between how an organization deals with diversity and its impact on the bottomline is a corporate diversity strategy that is...
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