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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Place of Age in Organisational Policymaking: Evidence from an Australian Qualitative Study(CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), 2008)This report presents findings of qualitative research in four case study organizations as part of a larger study, Redesigning Work for an Ageing Society (RW4AS) Project, being undertaken by Business Work and Ageing Centre for Research, Swinburne University. The study will identify factors transforming the nature of work and posing risks to the work ability of an ageing workforce, examine existing policies and practice in managing workforce ageing in public and private organizations and test the applicability of the Work Ability model to Australian circumstances. The research found that changes engendered by globalization shaped the organization of work and the pressures experienced by individual workers. All the organizations function in a globalised, highly competitive market, are adopting new technologies and are increasingly reliant on work intensification and casualization of labour. They had not come to terms with the need to retain their ageing workers as manifested by short term policy responses rather than proactive strategies. The areas in which ageing workers experienced difficulties, such as their competence with new technologies, changing work structures and occupational health risks indicate alignments between work ability domains and managing the vulnerabilities of ageing Australian workers in changing organizational environments.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableAre European older workers on the verge of a ‘golden age’ of employment opportunities?(Open University Press, 2008)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableEuropean Union Policy for Older workers(Knaw Press, 2008)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe promise of ageing labour forces(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableSing if you’re glad to be grey. Working towards a happier old age in the United Kingdom(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableConclusions: The prospects for ageing labour forces(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008)
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ItemJapanese remilitarisation today(Oxford University Press Australia and New Zealand, 2008)
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ItemPolitical Economy of Additional Development Finance(Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
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ItemGovernance, networks and civil society: How local governments connect to local organisations and groups(University of New South Wales Press, 2008)
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ItemAllies but not Friends: Anti-Americanism in Australia(Routledge, 2008)