Ageing, organisations and management : constructive discourses and critical perspectives /: constructive discourses and critical perspectives. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Iiris Aaltio, Albert J. Mills, Jean Helms Mills, editors.
• Editors: Aaltio-Marjosola, Iiris; Mills, Albert J, 1945-; Mills, Jean Helms, 1954-
• Contents: Notes on Contributors; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Section 1: Introduction; 1: Introduction: Why to Study Ageing in Organisations?; The Decisions and Contours of the Book; Section 2: Age in Discourse and Myth; Section 3: Age as Career; Section 4: Age and Gender at the Intersections of Organizing and Managing; Section 5: Age at the Boundaries; Section 6: Age in Transition; References; Section 2: Age in Discourse and Myth; 2: We the Inuit: Fluid Notions of Age and Non-corporeal Actants; Introduction; Understanding the Elder; Theoretical Base; Analysis; Conclusion. NotesReferences; 3: Reifying Age-Related Employment Problems Through the Constructions of the "Problematic" Older and Younger Worker; Introduction; The Older and Younger Worker; Discourse and Power; Method; Critical Discourse Analysis; Business Textbooks; Design; Analysis; The 'Problematic' Older Worker; The "Problematic" Younger Worker; Older/Younger Worker Conflict; The "Business Case" for the Older/Younger Worker; Intersectionality of Age and Gender; Discussion; Conclusion; References (Note: *Indicates analysed textbooks). 4: Ageing, Gender and Leadership: A Study Based on Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Introduction; Gender, Age and Identity in Organizations; Gender, Ageing, and Leadership; Myth, Films, and Identification; The Films and the Characters in The Lord of the Rings; The Films, Research Questions and Analysis; The Main Fictional Characters in the Films; Findings; Conclusions and Discussion; References; Section 3: Age as Career; 5: Late Career and Retirement in the Context of Changing Careers; Introduction; From Traditional to New Career Models; Mobility or Embeddedness? Protean Career Orientation Career Capital and Career Success; Search for Balance; Conclusion; Implications for Human Resource Management; Suggestions for Future Research; References; 6: Talent Management and Older Workers: Later Life Career Development; Older Workers; Employment Trends Among Older Workers and Career Development; Later Life Career Development; Motivations for Working Longer; Some Facts Related to Ageing; Age Discrimination; Organizations: Benefits of Talent Management; Policy Context; Talent Management in Organizations; Retention. Training, Development, and Learning Recruitment; Career Progression; Discussion; The Power of Age; Conclusions; References; 7: Age Management in Organizations: The Perspective of Middle-Aged Employees; Introduction; Theoretical Framework; Age Management as a Part of HRM; Work Well-Being; Research Design; Results; Training/Education; Organizing Work; Work Well-Being; Leadership; Labor Policy and Legislation; Attitude; Discussion; Conclusions; Limitations; References; Section 4: Age and Gender at the Intersections of Organising and Managing.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.300846; Business; Older people -- Employment; Age and employment; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Age and employment; Older people -- Employment; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Organizational theory & behaviour; Sociology: work & labour; Research & development management; Project management; Management science; Personnel management; Organization; Industrial sociology; Management; Project management; Business & Economics -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; Personnel & human resources management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319588131; 3319588133
• Related ISBNs: 9783319588124
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 8, 2017).
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