Age is the silent shaper of work organizations and their human
resource practices. It has become a potent feature of how society is
structured and how it views itself. Age assumptions mould the
behaviours of young and old alike, and are used as political tools by
policy makers and managers. Organizing Age asks the perennial question
- can age ever not matter? Drawing on range of social scientific and
popular writings, this book casts a critical eye over the social
construction and politicization of age in and beyond organizations.
Amongst other topics, it discusses: the historical roots of age in
society; how we 'perform' our age in different settings; the social
impact of defining age groups as generations; ageism; the effect of an
age-cluster on an organization's processes and members' experience;
the rituals of retirement and the birth of the retirement industry;
the impact of economic recession in challenging some of our
assumptions about age; and the increasing politicization of the
growing 'grey' population. Organizing Age provides an accessible
introduction to the current and emerging themes around this topic,
which will be an invaluable resource for students, academics, and
policy makers.
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ISBN
9780191617805
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
OUP Oxford
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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