How do older workers experience late career?

What is it about?

This qualitative study with 37 older workers from 10 employing organizations in 2 countries (United Kingdom and Bulgaria) and 2 industrial sectors (healthcare and ICT) identifies key themes around workers’ conceptualizations of being an older worker and aging at work, and the types of organizational support they considered most beneficial in late career.

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Photo by Ali Kazal on Unsplash

Photo by Ali Kazal on Unsplash

Why is it important?

The urgent need to manage an increasingly aging workforce has prompted rigorous multi-disciplinary research across the world. A plethora of studies investigates the best ways in which both organizations and employees can support employees’ well-being and high performance in late career. We address the question of how older workers experience their aging in the workplace and focus particularly on the features of work and work environment that both older workers and their employers consider important for older workers’ well-being and performance.