Sustaining the work ability and work motivation of lower-educated older workers. Directions for work redesign.

Autor/inn/en	Sanders, Jos; Dorenbosch, Luc; Gründemann, Rob; Blonk, Roland
Titel	Sustaining the work ability and work motivation of lower-educated older workers. Directions for work redesign.
Quelle	In: Management revue, 22 (2011) 2, S. 132-150 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0935-9915; 1861-9908
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Faktor; Arbeitsbelastung; Zufriedenheit; Arbeitsanforderung; Aktivierung; Gesundheitszustand; Arbeiter; Arbeitsbedingungen; Arbeit; Arbeitsfähigkeit; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Arbeitsmotivation; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Qualifizierung; Ungelernter Arbeitnehmer; Älterer Arbeitnehmer; Niederlande
Abstract	"This study examines directions for work redesign which might lead to the creation of sustainable jobs for lower-educated older workers (45 years or over, ISCED 0-2) and thus motivate and enable them to extend their working lives. We use longitudinal data on 1,264 older Dutch workers collected by the Netherlands Working Conditions Cohort Study to analyse the characteristics of the work of lower-educated older workers and how these differ from those of higher-educated older workers. The aim is to determine whether work redesign initiatives directed to these characteristics might have the desired effect of enhancing work ability and/or work motivation. This study is unique in its focus on lower-educated older workers as a target group for active ageing policies at the EU, national and company HR levels, and also in its focus on work redesign rather than the training or improvement of the health of workers. Our findings suggest that redesigning social work characteristics can be a first step in developing sustainable jobs for lower-educated older workers. Moreover, a redesign of contextual work characteristics also seems promising." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2007 bis 2008.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/4