The Multigenerational Workforce

Marian Baird

ISBN 10: 9819754607 / ISBN 13: 9789819754601

Published by Springer Nature Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore Okt 2024, 2024

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book provides original and groundbreaking insights into the development and outcomes of multigenerational workforce strategies in Australian workplaces through the combined lens of age, gender and caring. Based on a large-scale study and real-world case studies with six Australian organisations, it highlights leading policies and practices that promote successful ageing at work, identifies optimal work designs for older workers¿ participation, engagement and wellbeing at work, and offers strategies to support workers to combine work and unpaid care at different times in their lives. The book offers essential guidance for those undertaking research on multigenerational workforces, and for managers, human resource staff, diversity and inclusion staff, and other practitioners in organisations seeking to deepen their understanding of age- and gender-inclusive workforce policies and practices in the context of ageing populations and workforces.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 280 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Multigenerational Workforce
• Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore Okt 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9819754607
• ISBN 13: 9789819754601
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 20D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 478 grams

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Synopsis

This book provides original and groundbreaking insights into the development and outcomes of multigenerational workforce strategies in Australian workplaces through the combined lens of age, gender and caring. Based on a large-scale study and real-world case studies with six Australian organisations, it highlights leading policies and practices that promote successful ageing at work, identifies optimal work designs for older workers’ participation, engagement and wellbeing at work, and offers strategies to support workers to combine work and unpaid care at different times in their lives. The book offers essential guidance for those undertaking research on multigenerational workforces, and for managers, human resource staff, diversity and inclusion staff, and other practitioners in organisations seeking to deepen their understanding of age- and gender-inclusive workforce policies and practices in the context of ageing populations and workforces.

About the Author

Marian Baird PhD AO is Professor of Gender and Employment Relations in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research. Marian is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of women, work and economic empowerment over the life course. 
Myra Hamilton PhD is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School and Principal Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research. She is a sociologist and social policy researcher whose research focus is on gender, ageing and care across the life course. 
Alison Williams is a Research Associate in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School and at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research. She is an expert in human resources, employment relations and employment legislation in Australia.