The Importance and Value of Older Employees

This open access book makes a contribution to our understanding of one of the social challenges facing many western nations i.e. the challenge of an ageing population. It specifically addresses the issue of competence among older employees. Others have studied ageing populations in terms of the economic burden or the pressure on healthcare services and generally view the rising numbers of seniors more as a challenge than an opportunity. In this book, authors discuss ways of gaining positive benefits from our ageing and more experienced work force.

Discusses new ways of gaining positive benefits from ageing and a more experienced workforce Explores active ageing as a potential benefit both for individuals and their workplaces Examines the way in which senior employees actually use their knowledge and experience in their work and unique advantages their age provides

Autorentext

Anne Inga Hilsen is a researcher at Fafo Institute of Labour and Social Research. She is also Associate Professor at the Department of Health and Social Work, University of South-Eastern Norway.
Dorothy Sutherland Olsen is a senior researcher at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU).

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Competence and knowledge at work.- Chapter 3 What do we know about the knowledge of older workers?.- Chapter 4 Research design.- Chapter 5 Over 50s at work. Findings from case studies.- Chapter 6 Discussion/what do these findings tell us.- Chapter 7 The wise worker.- Chapter 8 Conclusion.