Lang zullen ze leven, werken en leren. Een schema voor het begrijpen en beïnvloeden van inzetbaarheid gedurende de levensloop
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Long will they live, work and learn. A scheme for understanding and influencing employability during the life span Long will they live, work and learn. A scheme for understanding and influencing employability during the life span A. Nauta, A.H. de Lange en S. Görtz, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 23, June 2010, nr. 2, pp. 136-157 To stimulate employees' employability until high age, knowledge is needed about what people of different ages want with regard to work; this knowledge is discussed in this article. Calendar age appears to be a weak predictor of employability. More important are specific indicators of 'age', namely the ages of (1) professionalism; (2) private situation; (3) psycho-social experience; and (4) health – both physical and neuro-cognitive. We describe how these four 'ages' change over a lifetime and to what changes in work-related needs they may lead. Professionalism is rather stable during peoples' careers; private situation becomes salient as soon as employees have children; most people want to feel young; and the likelihood of health complaints grows with increasing age. Nevertheless, complaints can stay away for a long time when employees live a healthy life and keep on learning. We recommend organisations to align their HR-practices with changes in all four 'ages'. These HR-practices are summarised in a scheme for employability and life span, which also gives guidelines for future research.
Source: Gedrag & Organisatie
Authors: Aukje Nauta, Annet H. de Lange, Saskia Görtz
Institutions: University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1538174560