TY - CHAP
T1 - Job design and older workers
AU - Fraccaroli, Franco
AU - Zaniboni, Sara
AU - Truxillo, Donald
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this chapter the relationship between job design and older workers is considered. Starting from a conceptual definition of what the concept job and work design is, we consider theoretic approaches to the study of job design over the last decades, including recent frameworks, measurement, and research. We follow this with a specific focus on the topic of job design for older workers. We argue that the rules of "good job design" are not applicable to all workers, focusing specifically on the issues of age and career stage. We next show through a theoretical model and some empirical research that some job characteristics may be more suitable or beneficial for people in older age groups or later stages of their careers (e.g., Truxillo, Cadiz, Rineer, Zaniboni, & Fraccaroli, 2012). Empirical support for the role of age in job design is considered. We conclude by defining some avenues for future research, including the identification of additional factors that may determine how age and job characteristics affect worker behavior, attitudes, and well-being.
AB - In this chapter the relationship between job design and older workers is considered. Starting from a conceptual definition of what the concept job and work design is, we consider theoretic approaches to the study of job design over the last decades, including recent frameworks, measurement, and research. We follow this with a specific focus on the topic of job design for older workers. We argue that the rules of "good job design" are not applicable to all workers, focusing specifically on the issues of age and career stage. We next show through a theoretical model and some empirical research that some job characteristics may be more suitable or beneficial for people in older age groups or later stages of their careers (e.g., Truxillo, Cadiz, Rineer, Zaniboni, & Fraccaroli, 2012). Empirical support for the role of age in job design is considered. We conclude by defining some avenues for future research, including the identification of additional factors that may determine how age and job characteristics affect worker behavior, attitudes, and well-being.
KW - Aging
KW - Job design
KW - Worker behavior
KW - Worker well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026917535&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/S1877-636120170000017008
DO - 10.1108/S1877-636120170000017008
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85026917535
T3 - Advanced Series in Management
SP - 139
EP - 159
BT - Advanced Series in Management
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
ER -