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This book explores critical perspectives on ageing in organisations and offers both managerial and workplace practices for dealing with this prominent issue. The collection provides cross-disciplinary research on the discursive and mythological aspects of ageing at work as well as recent studies of the relationship between age and innovation, talent, careers, and workplace transitions. The book brings together authors from Europe, North America and Australia. By addressing current societal challenges and offering insights on ageing at work, this book will be of interest to those involved in human resource management, workplace organisation and the sociology of work.
List of contents
Part I. Introduction.- 1. Why Study Ageing in Organisations?; Iiris Aaltio, Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills.- Part II. Age in Discourse and Myth.- 2. Age and the Notion of the Liquid Modern; Shelley Price, Christopher M. Hartt and Anthony R. Yue.- 3. Rectifying Age-Related Employment Problems through the Constructions of the 'Problematic' Older and Younger Worker; Cara Lynn Scheuer and Albert J. Mills.- 4. Ageing, Gender and Leadership: Study of the Film Trilogy "The Lord of the Rings"; Iiris Aaltio. Part III. Age as Career.- 5. Late Career and Retirement in the Context of Changing Careers; Hanna Salminen and Monika von Bonsdorff.- 6. Talent Management and Older Workers: Later Life Career Development; Suzanne L. Cook and Victoria Rougette.- 7. Age Management in Organisations: The Perspective of Middle-Aged Employees; Pia Heilmann.- Part IV. Age and Gender at the Intersections of Organising and Managing.- 8. Ageing in the City: Embodied Ageing in Financial Services; leanne Cutcher and Kat Riach.- 9. Old Age as a Market Advantage: The Example of Staffing Agencies in Sweden; Elisabet Cedersund, Carin Holmquist, Gunilla Rapp and Elisabeth Sundin.- 10. Reconciling Employment and Caregiving: Good Workplace Practices and Arrangements; Kaisa Kauppinen and Mia Silfver-Kuhalampi.- 11. Career,Care and Time: Women Top Managers in the Intersections of Age, Gender, and Work/Family Workplace Practices and Arrangements; Marjut Jyrkinen, Charlotta Niemistö and Jeff Hearn.
About the author
Iiris Aaltio is Professor of Management and Leadership at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She holds also adjunct professorships at Aalto University, the University of Turku and the University of Lapland, Finland. She sits on the editorial boards of international journals including the
Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studiesand
Culture and Organization, and has authored, edited and co-edited a variety of books and special issues in the areas of culture, diversity and gender in organisations.
Jean Helms Mills is Professor of Management at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada, Docent at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and has been a Senior Research Fellow at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, since 2008. Jean is currently Co-Editor of
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management and Associate Editor for
Gender, Work and Organization.
Albert J. Mills is Professor and Director of Management at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada. He is also Professor at the University of Eastern Finland. Albert is the author of over forty books and special issues, including the recently published
Insights and Research on the study of Gender and Intersectionality in International Airline Cultures (2017). He is currently the Co-Chair of the International Board for Critical Management Studies and Co-Editor of
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management.
Summary
This book explores critical perspectives on ageing in organisations and offers both managerial and workplace practices for dealing with this prominent issue. The collection provides cross-disciplinary research on the discursive and mythological aspects of ageing at work as well as recent studies of the relationship between age and innovation, talent, careers, and workplace transitions. The book brings together authors from Europe, North America and Australia. By addressing current societal challenges and offering insights on ageing at work, this book will be of interest to those involved in human resource management, workplace organisation and the sociology of work.
