The Multi–generational and Aging Workforce – Challenges and Opportunities Burke

The Multi-generational and Aging WorkforceChallenges and Opportunities\nAuthor(s): Ronald J. Burke, Cary Cooper, Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781783476572, 978-1783476572\nSynopsis\nThe workforce is aging as people live longer and healthier lives, and mandatory retirement has become a relic of the past. Though workforces have always contained both younger and older employees the age range today has expanded, and the generational gap has become more distinct. This book advocates the need for talented employees of all ages as a way to prevent potential skill shortages and considers both the challenges and opportunities that these changes raise for individual organizations. The expert contributors discuss benefits including greater employee diversity with regards to knowledge, skills experience and perspectives, as well as challenges involving potential generatil