This article addresses the effect of temporary employment on employee solidarity. From an embeddedness perspective, we argue that solidarity is influenced by social context. Two forms of embeddedness that are of special importance are temporal and network embeddedness. The temporal embeddedness...

This study explores the relation between cultural competencies and conglomerate behavior in interpersonal conflicts within an intercultural context. The theory of conglomerate conflict behavior (Van de Vliert, Euwema, & Huismans, 1995) presumes that conflict behaviors should not be studied as if...

Purpose – Little is known about the motivation for older workers to work and to remain active in the labor market. Research on age and motivation is limited and, moreover, conceptually diverse. This paper aims to address age‐related factors that influence the work motivation of older...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce new measures of stereotypical beliefs about older workers' ability and desire for learning and development and test relationships with key antecedents and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – In a sample of workers over 40 years of age...

Purpose – This study aims to test a model of the relationships among older workers' propensity to engage in development activities (development orientation), their perceptions of the development opportunities associated with their job (job development climate), their commitment to their...

Purpose – The purspose of this study is to examine the interplay between job resources (job control and support for creativity from coworkers and supervisors), age and creativity at work. Job control and support for creativity are assumed to benefit idea creativity and to moderate the...

Purpose – The aim is to examine the shifting effects of retirement expectations and social support on adjustment three and half and ten months post‐retirement. Design/methodology/approach – For the purpose of this study, the authors used a survey methodology. Expectations regarding...