Age Diversity in the Workplace

• An organisational perspective on ageing and age diversity at work;;Silvia Profili, Alessia Sammarra and Laura InnocentiPART I: FRAMING AGE AND AGE DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONS;The workforce demographic shift and the changing nature of work: Implications for policy, productivity and participationCatherine Earl, Philip Taylor, Chris Roberts, Patrick Huynh and Simon Davis;Successful Ageing at Work and Beyond: A Review and Critical PerspectiveHannes Zacher and Cort W. RudolphGenerational Differences: Effects of Job and Organisational ContextJustin Marcus and Michael P. LeiterA Conceptual Framework of Age Diversity Climate in the WorkplaceSilvia Profili, Laura Innocenti and Alessia SammarraPART II: AGE DIVERSITY AT WORK. RETHINKING ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICES;Intersection of Age and Gender Issues in the Workplace;Jeanette N. Cleveland, Lena-Alyeska Huebner and Madison HanscomDesign and Older Workers;Franco Fraccaroli, Sara Zaniboni and Donald TruxilloEnhancing Knowledge Sharing in Age Diverse Organizations;Alessia Sammarra, Silvia Profili, Fabrizio Maimone and Gabriele Gabrielli

Taking both theoretical and empirical approaches, contributors from organizational psychology and economics explore the challenges of valuing workers at various points in their professional lives, from youth to retirement, as well as the benefits that arise from leveraging an age-diverse workforce. Among their topics are successful aging at work and beyond: a review and critical perspective, generational differences: effects of job and organizational context, the intersection of age and gender issues in the workplace, and enhancing knowledge sharing in age-diverse organizations: the role of human resource management practices.