Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/79041 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] Management Revue [ISSN:] 1861-9916 [Volume:] 22 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Rainer Hampp Verlag [Place:] Mering [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 132-150
Publisher: 
Rainer Hampp Verlag, Mering
Abstract: 
This study examines directions for work redesign which might lead to the creation of sustainable jobs for lower-educated older workers (45 years or over, ISCED 0-2) and thus motivate and enable them to extend their working lives. We use longitudinal data on 1,264 older Dutch workers collected by the Netherlands Working Conditions Cohort Study to analyse the characteristics of the work of lower-educated older workers and how these differ from those of higher-educated older workers. The aim is to determine whether work redesign initiatives directed to these characteristics might have the desired effect of enhancing work ability and/or work motivation. This study is unique in its focus on lower-educated older workers as a target group for active ageing policies at the EU, national and company HR levels, and also in its focus on work redesign rather than the training or improvement of the health of workers. Our findings suggest that redesigning social work characteristics can be a first step in developing sustainable jobs for lower-educated older workers. Moreover, a redesign of contextual work characteristics also seems promising.
Subjects: 
work redesign
older workers
lower educated workers
work ability
job characteristics
JEL: 
J24
J28
J81
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Document Type: 
Article

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