Factors influencing intergenerational learning : towards a framework for organisations to ensure successful learning in older employees
Year: 2012
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The workforce in the EU is ageing, and this requires investment in older workers\nso that the organisations in which they work remain competitive and viable. One\nsuch investment takes the form of organising and facilitating intergenerational\nlearning: learning between and among generations that can lead to lifelong\nlearning, innovation and organisational development. However, successfully\nimplementing intergenerational learning is complex and depends on various\nfactors at different levels within the organisation. This multidisciplinary literature\nreview encompasses work from the fields of cognitive psychology, occupational\nhealth, educational science, human resource development and organisational\nscience and results in a framework that organisations can use to understand\nhow they can create the conditions needed to ensure that the potential of their\nageing workforce is tapped effectively and efficiently. Although not a\ncomprehensive review, this chapter serves as a basis for further empirical\nresearch and gives practitioners an insight into solving a growing problem.
Authors: Donald Ropes, Antonia Ypsilanti
Language: English
Subfield: Life-span and Life-course Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2769647226