Summary The paper provides empirical evidence for the question whether firms’ IT-enabled labour productivity is affected by the age structure of the workforce. We apply a production function approach with heterogenous labour to firm-level data from German manufacturing and services industries....

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to assess the needs of older knowledge workers with implications to the planning and design of office environments for this growing workplace demographic. Design/methodology/approach – Exploratory, user‐centred research focused on the design of the work...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the perception of young employees on working relationships satisfaction with communicative teamwork, mutual learning, participative decision making, and communicating feedback of the older employees in higher learning institutions in Malaysia....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a model that supports the management, design and delivery of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) training activities for older healthcare employees. Design/methodology/approach – The study is carried out by means of a quantitative study....

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to find out to what extent older workers make use of ICT and to what extent this influences their job performance. Design/methodology/approach – Workers of various age groups are surveyed in two sectors: printing industry and wholesale trade. The use...

Purpose – This paper aims to build on existing studies on the relationship between individual wages, age and experience, and provide new evidence on the determinants of wages in Italy. Design/methodology/approach – Wage‐age profiles, which include cohort variables to capture generational...

Purpose – The purpose of this overview is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of retirement, noting five key issues and directions for future research which are addressed collectively in the compilation of papers that follow: the changing nature of retirement; the need for an...

Purpose – This study aims to explore the psycho‐social factors (i.e. older worker identity, development opportunities on the job, anticipation of lost social integration upon retirement) related to three types of retirement intention (i.e. full retirement, part‐time retirement, job...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to use the theory of planned behavior to test a structural model of retirement timing intentions of older workers in Canada following the abolishment of mandatory retirement. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of 281 working individuals was...