Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce

Lisa M. Finkelstein is Professor of Psychology at Northern Illinois University, USA. Donald M. Truxillo is Professor of Psychology at Portland State University, USA. Franco Fraccaroli is Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at University of Trento, Italy. Ruth Kanfer is Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Part I: Overview 1. An Introduction to Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce: A Use-Inspired Approach Lisa M. Finkelstein, Donald M. Truxillo, Franco Fraccaroli, and Ruth Kanfer Part II: Science Confronts the Global Challenges Issue One: Organizations and Teams Go Global 2. Age Diversity and Global Teamwork: A Future Agenda for Researchers and Practitioners Florian Kunze and Stephan A. Boehm 3. Human Resource Management and Sustainability at Work across the Life-span: An Integrative Perspective Annet H. De Lange, Dorien T. A. M. Kooij, and Beatrice I. J. M. Van der Heijden Issue Two: Patterns of Employment and Unemployment 4. The Challenge of Building Human Capital and Benefiting from It: A Person-centric View of Youth Unemployment and Underemployment José M. Peiró, Ana Hernández, and José Ramos 5. The Aging Workforce and the Demands of Work in the 21st Century Margaret E. Beier 6. Work Ability and Aging Juhani Ilmarinen and Ville Ilmarinen Issue Three: Challenges Facing Specific Workforce Sectors 7. The Implications of Changes in Job Demands for the Continued and Future Employment of Older Workers Sara J. Czaja, Joesph Sharit, Neil Charness, and Andrew A. Schmidt 8. Aging and Emotional Labor Processes James Diefendorff, Jennifer Tehan Stanley, and Allison S. Gabriel Issue Four: Practical Workplace Changes and Challenges 9. Workplace Intervention Effectiveness Across the Lifespan Keith L. Zabel and Boris B. Baltes 10. To Stay or to Leave: Motivations and Decisions of Bridge Employment on Retirement Yujie Zhan and Mo Wang Issue Five: Age Differences and Discrimination 11. Intergenerational Perceptions and Conflicts in Multi-Age and Multigenerational Work Environments Cort W. Rudolph and Hannes Zacher 12. A Comparison of EEO Law on Workforce Aging across English Speaking Countries Arthur Gutman and Eric Dunleavy Part III: Multidisciplinary Viewpoints 13. How Individuals Navigate Social Mobility: Managing Capacities and Opportunities in Careers across Adulthood Jutta Heckhausen and Jacob Shane 14. Labor Force Transitions in Late Life: Between Agency and Structure Kène Henkens 15. Optimizing Older Workforces Laura L. Carstensen, Michaela E. Beals, and Martha Deevy Part IV: Editor Viewpoints 16. Employment Transitions in Later Adulthood Ruth Kanfer 17. An Aging Workforce: The Contribution of Work, Industrial, and Organizational Psychology Franco Fraccaroli 18. Developing "Best Practices" for Organizations: A Gap in the Current Aging Research Donald M. Truxillo 19. Now That We Know What…How? Lisa Finkelstein