Concept information
Preferred term
older worker issues
Definition
- Older workers compose a growing segment of the workforce who must contend with a variety of distinctive concerns as they navigate their careers. Special concerns include physical, cognitive, and emotional changes that accompany the aging process, sources of work stress for older workers, the specter of age discrimination in employment opportunities, late career and skill maintenance concerns, and ultimately, decisions about when and how to retire from active employment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Older Worker Issues]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/older_worker_issues
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