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Enhancing the health and employment participation of older workers
Citation
Noone, J and Bohle, PL, Enhancing the health and employment participation of older workers, Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities, Springer, K. O'Loughlin, C. Browning and H. Kendig (ed), New York, pp. 127-146. ISBN 978-1-4939-6464-2 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2017 Springer Science+Business Media New York
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6466-6_8
Abstract
The ageing of the Australian workforce has raised concerns about economic sustainability and prompted government polices to encourage longer working lives. However, the effectiveness of these policies is limited by a focus on individual workers rather than the organisations employing them. This chapter examines the strengths of older workers, the specific challenges they face and the implications of both for policy reform. It demonstrates that challenges concerning mental health, training and the ‘design of work’ demand stronger policy intervention if employment is to be effectively prolonged. The concept of ‘work ability’ is introduced as a framework for incorporating organisational considerations into policy development.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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| Keywords: | older workers, healthy workplaces, employment policy, organisational environment, work ability |
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Health services and systems |
| Research Field: | Aged health care |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
| Objective Field: | Health related to ageing |
| UTAS Author: | Bohle, PL (Professor Philip Bohle) |
| ID Code: | 131432 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Deposited By: | TSBE |
| Deposited On: | 2019-03-18 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-04-02 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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