| Document ID (ISN) | 108957 |
| CIS number |
08-1485 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0041-1868 - Travail humain |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Faurie I., Fraccaroli F., Le Blanc A. |
| Title |
Age and working: From studies on ageing at work to a psychosocial approach to the end of working life |
| Original title |
Âge et travail: des études sur le vieillissement au travail à une approche psychosociale de la fin de la carrière professionnelle [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 2008, Vol.71, No.2, p.137-172. Approx 150 ref. |
| Abstract |
The long-predicted problem of pension funding, together with the issue of workforce ageing, have given rise to many studies analysing psychological and social processes marking the later stages of occupational activity. In this framework, the objectives of this article are firstly to conduct a critical review of the main studies on ageing within organizations and, more generally, on the relationships between age and work, and secondly to provide evidence on the relevance of a psychosocial approach to the issue of older workers, which cannot simply be limited to ageing at work. This approach involves an analysis of socialization and identity restructuring processes that characterise the transition during the final years of occupational activity. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
older workers; social aspects; ageing; psychology of work organization |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cognitive performance; job dissatisfaction; work efficiency; motivation; qualifications; experience; conditions of work; economic aspects; age-linked differences; work aptitude |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
Occupational physiology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Older workers
Psychology of work organization
Psychological factors
|
