1st Edition

Positive Ageing and Human Resource Development

Edited By Diane Keeble-Ramsay, Andrew Armitage Copyright 2019
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Positive Ageing and Human Resource Development seeks to introduce readers to some of the major cultural issues that the current demographic changes of the workforce as the national default retirement age within the UK has moved from 60 to 67 and beyond represent for the workplace. This phenomenon is happening in other economies. It recognises there are social shifts in terms of the... Read more
 

Foreword



Diane Keeble-Ramsay





Chapter 1 Challenges of Age for Workplace Development



Diane Keeble-Ramsay





Chapter 2 Leadership, Millennials and Ageing



Kevin Roe





Chapter 3 Challenging the way we engage an aging workforce



Jonathan Smith and Jonathan Martin





Chapter 4 Menopausal/post-menopausal women and maternal career disruption



Diane Keeble-Ramsay, Julia Claxton and Kathleen Ridealgh





Chapter 5 Not so many happy returns



Bronwyn Betts and Diane Keeble-Ramsay





Chapter 6 Feeling Phoney – the workplace implications of the imposter phenomenon on women



Theresa Simpkin





Chapter 7 Virginia Woolf and age-old feminism



Lloyd Gray





Chapter 8 Ageism and Career Blocking: Toxic Workplaces and Ethical Dilemmas



Andrew Armitage



Chapter 9 Tales from Academia: The MAD Set



Michelle Liang, Aileen Lawless and Deborah Humphreys (LJMU)





Chapter 10 Concluding thoughts and future Directions



Andrew Armitage

Biography

Dr Diane Keeble-Ramsay is Deputy Director of Positive Ageing Research Institute (PARI) at Anglia Ruskin University, U.K.



Dr. Andrew Armitage is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and lectures in Management Development and Research Methods at Lord Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Ruskin University, U.K.