Table of contents
Ageism in work and employment: thinking about connections
Mohamed Branine, Ian GloverEmphasizes the universality, variety and scope of ageism. Considers why systematic investigation of the phenomenon has begun in recent years and how it has become a subject of…
Perceptions of the older employee: is anything really changing?
Phil Lyon, David PollardInvestigates whether the recent emphasis on persuading employers to abandon ageist attitudes and appoint or promote on merit, irrespective of the applicant’s age, has been…
A flexible future for older workers?
James Arrowsmith, Ann E. McGoldrickExplores the extent and patterns of age discrimination within a changing workplace context, and specifically focuses on how employment flexibility may be used to the mutual…
Ageism and the labour process: towards a research agenda
Ian Glover, Mohamed BranineOffers a fairly general discussion of the significance of ageism in work and employment and then proceeds to suggest that labour process researchers might very usefully pay some…
The nascent European policy towards older workers: can the European Union help the older worker?
Frank McDonald, Margaret PottonConsiders the reasons for the lack of consensus among the member states of the European Union (EU) on both the scope and extent of an ageism policy. The EU has become increasingly…
Age discrimination and public policy
Philip Taylor, Alan WalkerReviews government and employer policies towards older workers and shows that there has been a massive decline in economic activity among older workers over the last two decades…
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0048-3486Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Eddy Ng
- Professor Pauline Stanton