Does Work Contribute to Successful Aging Outcomes in Older Workers?

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha J. Sanders ◽  
Jack W. McCready
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging

scholarly journals Successful Aging in Small Enterprises: Entrepreneurship, Job Demands-Resources, and Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Chao Miao ◽  
Shanshan Qian ◽  
Ronald Humphrey
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Successful aging at work is an important topic which is pertinent to everyone who works to make a living because getting older is unavoidable. The objective of this paper is to draw on Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model to explore successful aging in the field of entrepreneurship. A conceptual approach was used to examine the successful aging in the field of entrepreneurship. Building on JD-R model, older workers who pursue entrepreneurship may have improved mental and physical health and obtain successful aging at work. The current study developed a theoretical foundation to explore successful aging in the field of entrepreneurship and offered suggestions for future research.

The Dark Side of Engagement for Older Workers

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 161-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Traci Carse ◽  
Barbara Griffin ◽  
Mathew Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Retirement Planning ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
Work Domain

Abstract. Late-career workers must remain employed for longer, but in doing so face the unique challenge of remaining active and productive at work while not disregarding the need to maintain health and plan for retirement, both of which are necessary for work longevity and successful aging. This study investigated whether work engagement, a motivator of proactive behavior in the work domain, would exhibit a dark side by acting as a de-motivator of proactive behavior in the health and retirement domains. Results from 1917 participants showed that one dimension of engagement, vigor, was positively associated with proactivity across domains. In contrast, absorption, although positively related to proactive behavior at work, was associated with fewer health behaviors and was unrelated to retirement planning.

Successful Aging at Work: The Role of Work Design in Growth Trajectories of Older Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 16723
Author(s):  
Karen Pak ◽  
Dorien Kooij ◽  
Annet De Lange ◽  
Swenneke Van Den Heuvel ◽  
Marc Van Veldhoven
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Work Design ◽  
Growth Trajectories

scholarly journals Aging at Work: A Review of Recent Trends and Future Directions

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7659
Author(s):  
Jasmina Barakovic Husic ◽  
Francisco José Melero ◽  
Sabina Barakovic ◽  
Petre Lameski ◽  
Eftim Zdravevski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Productive Aging ◽  
Aging Workforce ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Recent Trends

Demographic data suggest a rapid aging trend in the active workforce. The concept of aging at work comes from the urgent requirement to help the aging workforce of the contemporary industries to maintain productivity while achieving a work and private life balance. While there is plenty of research focusing on the aging population, current research activities on policies covering the concept of aging at work are limited and conceptually different. This paper aims to review publications on aging at work, which could lead to the creation of a framework that targets governmental decision-makers, the non-governmental sector, the private sector, and all of those who are responsible for the formulation of policies on aging at work. In August 2019 we searched for peer-reviewed articles in English that were indexed in PubMed, IEEE Xplore, and Springer and published between 2008 and 2019. The keywords included the following phrases: “successful aging at work”, “active aging at work”, “healthy aging at work”, “productive aging at work”, and “older adults at work”. A total of 47,330 publications were found through database searching, and 25,187 publications were screened. Afterwards, 7756 screened publications were excluded from the further analysis, and a total of 17,431 article abstracts were evaluated for inclusion. Finally, further qualitative analysis included 1375 articles, of which about 24 are discussed in this article. The most prominent works suggest policies that encourage life-long learning, and a workforce that comprises both younger and older workers, as well as gradual retirement.

An investigation of predictors of successful aging in the workplace among Hong Kong Chinese older workers

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Cheung ◽  
Anise M. S. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Personal Security

ABSTRACTBackground: We examined associations between successful aging in the workplace (adaptability and health, positive relationship, occupational growth, personal security, and continuous focus on goals) and two major factors of work stressors (work family conflict and discrimination against older workers) and coping resources (perceived organizational support, supportive human resource policies, and social support from friends and family) among Chinese older workers in Hong Kong. Furthermore, we also examined whether coping resources moderate the negative effect derived from work stressors on successful aging.Methods: A total of 242 Chinese full-time workers aged 40 years or above were recruited in a self-administered questionnaire survey study in Hong Kong.Results: Hierarchical regression results showed that family-to-work conflict was significantly related to successful aging, except the dimension of personal security. Work-to-family conflict and discrimination, however, were not related to successful aging in the workplace. In terms of coping resources, perceived organizational support was related to all dimensions of successful aging in the workplace. We also found that training and development was a significant correlate of occupational growth. Social support from friends and family was positively related to three successful aging dimensions, including adaptability and health, personal security and continuous focus on goals. Finally, when facing discrimination in the workplace, support from organizations and from friends and family were particularly important for old-older workers (aged 55 years or above) to achieve better adaptability and health.Conclusions: Perceived organizational support and social support from friends and family were important correlates of successful aging in the workplace. Limitation and recommendations for organizational intervention were discussed.

Older workers' successful aging and intention to stay

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 645-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Cheung ◽  
Anise M.S. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range

PurposeBased on organizational support theory, the aim of this paper is to examine the associations among perceived organizational support, successful aging in the workplace, job satisfaction, and the intentions to stay in organization among older workers.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 242 employees, aged over 45 years, were recruited to participate in a study from May to September 2009.FindingsCorrelation showed that perceived organizational support and all five dimensions of successful aging in the workplace, (i.e. adaptability and health, positive relationship, occupational growth, personal security, and continued focus on goals), were significantly related to the intentions to stay in the organization. Structural equation modeling showed that perceived organizational support was positively related to successful aging in the workplace, and the latter is related to the intentions to stay, both directly and via the mediation of job satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsAll data were self‐reported and collected at one time point. Thus, common method variance may be an issue and causal inferences are not warranted.Practical implicationsSuccessful aging in the workplace was significantly related to older workers' intentions to stay. Managers may provide a wide range of organizational support and enhance successful aging in the workplace for older workers.Originality/valueThis is the first study to empirically test the relations between successful aging in the workplace and intentions to stay among older workers. Implications of these findings, the limitations of the study, and directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Successful aging at work: A process model to guide future research and practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorien T. A. M. Kooij ◽  
Hannes Zacher ◽  
Mo Wang ◽  
Jutta Heckhausen
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Regulation Process ◽  
Age Related

AbstractAlthough aging workforces result in numerous practical challenges for organizations and societies, little research has focused on successful aging at work. The limited existent research has generated rather diverse conceptualizations of successful aging at work, which are often broad and difficult to operationalize in practice. Therefore, to advance research and practice, we offer a specific and practical conceptualization of successful aging at work by developing a process model, which identifies relevant antecedents and mechanisms. In particular, we define successful aging at work as the proactive maintenance of, or adaptive recovery (after decline) to, high levels of ability and motivation to continue working among older workers. We also argue that proactive efforts to maintain, or adaptive efforts to recover and restore, high ability and motivation to continue working result from a self-regulation process that involves goal engagement and disengagement strategies to maintain, adjust, and restore person–environment fit. Further, we propose that at various levels (i.e., person, job, work group, organization, and society) more distal factors function as antecedents of this self-regulation process, with age-related bias and discrimination potentially operating at each level. Finally, we offer a roadmap for future research and practical applications.

Multidomain trajectories of psychological functioning in old age: A longitudinal perspective on (uneven) successful aging.

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2309-2324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Morack ◽  
Nilam Ram ◽  
Elizabeth B. Fauth ◽  
Denis Gerstorf
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Successful Aging
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