432 Pages
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CRC Press
418 Pages
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CRC Press
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In the past few years the topic of work and ageing has received much public and professional interest. The progressive "greying" of the population and its impact on work is a problem of widespread and growing concern, with major consequences for the economy in terms of productivity, performance, health care, work design and entry opportunities; and for the individual older worker. A European... Read more
Part 1 Aging, Work, and Health: Physical work and the consequences for the aging worker; Aging, work, and health; Job demands and work stress in relation to aging. Part 2 Aging and Mental Work Capacity: Judgement of position of an invisibly moving object in young and old adults; Aging and modern technology: how to cope with products and services; Working conditions: problems ahead for workers over 40. Part 3 Training and Educational Programmes: Motivational And Cultural Factors Underlying dysfunctioning of older employees; Matching vocational training programmes to age-related mental change: a social policy objective; Age and job performance. Part 4 Social Policy and Perspectives: Distribution of paid and unpaid work of people of 50+; Aged and disabled employees - successful business and rehabilitation - a case study.
Biography
Jan Snel (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) (Edited by) , R. Cremer (Edited by)
