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Zusatztext 'As Vettori notes! problems arising from such demographic trends as ageing populations will require a multidisciplinary approach combining education policy! fiscal policy and industrial and human resource management policies...Vettori's edited volume captures the challenges facing developed and developing countries as they try to resolve the problem of demographic change and an ageing population...make(s) important contributions to the literature on employment and social policy development...' Clara Morgan! Work! Employment and Society Informationen zum Autor Stella Vettori is Professor in the Mercantile Law Department! at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She has over fifteen years experience practising labour law! and as a trainer and consultant and has written extensively on her area of expertise! including authoring The Employment Contract and the Changed World of Work (Ashgate 2007). Internationally! Professor Vettori is a member of the Social Responsibility Research Network. Klappentext Ageing populations are seen both as threat and opportunity. With chapters reflecting different perspectives from around the world! this book constitutes a major contribution to the debate on issues that all too often have been the subject of sensationalised media treatment. Zusammenfassung Ageing populations are seen both as threat and opportunity. With chapters reflecting different perspectives from around the world, this book constitutes a major contribution to the debate on issues that all too often have been the subject of sensationalised media treatment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Foreword! Evance Kalula; Introduction! Stella Vettori; Effects of labour mobilization on ageing populations and the regional discrepancies of the EU! Gökhan Sönmezler! Ismail Orcun Gündüz! Mehmet Serkan Yürük and Güney �etin-Gürkan; Digital divide among the 50-56 year old workforce in Malaysia - preparations for the elderly workforce: case study of Selangor! Malacca and Negeri Sembilan! Doris Padmini Selvaratnam and Mohd Nasir Mohd Saukani; The weakest link in greying China's social security system! private sector policy and corporate social responsibility! Jacylyn Shi; Accountability! sustainability and social responsibility: the context of the labour market versus the ageing population in Portugal! Fátima David and Rute Abreu; The ageing population and the labour market in India! Jain Vijender; Challenging the ageing future: the impact of ageing in working life in Turkey! Ilke Oruc; Challenges faced by an ageing South Africa! Judith Geldenhuys; The ageing population in Botswana and the labour market! Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake; An explication of the legal and moral obligation to eradicate workplace ageism! Julia Shaw; Conclusion! Stella Vettori; Index. ...
