Purpose: Although policy makers have put a lot of effort in the promotion of older workers' labour force participation, quantitative empirical knowledge about employers' views towards extension of working lives is limited. The aim of this study is to improve our understanding of employers'...

Purpose: This paper examines employers' perceptions of changes of the labour cost-productivity gap due to the ageing of the workforce, the effects of tenure wages and employment protect ion on the perceived gap and whether a perceived labour cost-productivity gap affects employers' recruitment...

When it comes to financial preparation for retirement, self-employed workers in many European countries face unique challenges not encountered by traditional wage earners. This is particularly true for self-employed workers who do not supervise subordinate personnel. This is the case because...

Purpose: Our study investigates the role of managers in the re-employment of early retirees and asks what the effect is of managers' age norms and stereotypes on managers' employment decisions.Design/methodology/approach: A combination of a factorial study and a survey was conducted. First,...

Older job applicants are vulnerable to stereotype related bias in the recruitment process. In the current study, we examined how managers' job interview invitation decisions regarding older job applicants are influenced by applicants' human capital-related characteristics, general economic...

Retirement is characterized as a dynamic process that can designate different outcomes: from early retirement to re-entry to the labour force. Recent studies on the Dutch population show that a substantial number of early retirees re-enter the work force after early retirement. Yet others do not...

In this chapter we discuss the literature with respect to the role of employers in retirement processes of older workers and provide suggestions for future research. In the first part of this chapter we will review existing theoretical insights regarding the employers' actions and attitudes...

Bridge employment is increasingly common in the Netherlands. One third of retired employees re-enter the labour market after retirement. Bridge employment may be a forceful instrument in postponing the age at which workers finally leave the labour market. The key to capitalizing on this resource...

Purpose of the study: From a role theoretical perspective it can be expected that individuals differ in the extent to which they experience aspects of the work role after they have fully retired from it.Quantitative empirical insights regarding these postretirement “work role residuals” are...

Nations in Europe have been developing rapidly since the formation of the European Union (EU), not only socially and demographically, but economically as well. One question a number of countries will face during this period of structural transition will be how (and how well) they are able to...