1st Edition
Women in Work in Mid-Life Value, Identity and Perceptions
1. Introduction 2. Literature review 3. Research methods 4. Identity work of the ageing body at work: shielding, capitalising and negative self-affirmation 5. Successful ageing: healthy and economic ageing 6. Navigating the ‘older worker’ label through perceptions of ageing 7. Discussion of findings – Study 1 8. Study 2: Understanding Value as Fairness 9. Limiations of the Studies 10. Further Research and Recommendations 10. Appendices
Biography
Belinda Steffan is a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Business School. She researches how psychological and sociological experiences of gender, age and health at work influence continued labour force participation, or specifically, how women work. She is particularly interested in individual differences within the organisational context of work.
