Book chapter
Age and ageing in the contemporary workplace: an opportunity for sociological understanding and analysis
Cara Reed 
,
Katrina Pritchard
,
Katrina Pritchard
Handbook on the Sociology of Work, Pages: 167 - 180
Swansea University Authors:
Cara Reed , Katrina Pritchard
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DOI (Published version): 10.4337/9781035302376.00019
Abstract
While many employers are realising that there will be a greater age diversity in their workplaces, sociological research on age and work is only just starting to examine the connections between these two phenomena. We review the importance of considering the relationship between age and work and the...
| Published in: | Handbook on the Sociology of Work |
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| ISBN: | 9781035302369 9781035302376 |
| Published: |
Edward Elgar Publishing
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71316 |
| Abstract: |
While many employers are realising that there will be a greater age diversity in their workplaces, sociological research on age and work is only just starting to examine the connections between these two phenomena. We review the importance of considering the relationship between age and work and then explore three key themes that have emerged from studies so far on the topic: ageing at work, successful ageing, and considering cohorts. Each theme demonstrates that work is in fact infused with understandings of age that impact both employees and employers with positive and negative effects. Therefore, to conclude we consider the future agenda for studying age and work, incorporating more intersectional, youth-focused research and ultimately more complex appreciations of how age and work inter-relate |
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| Keywords: |
Age; Cohort; Generation; Work; Younger/older worker |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
167 |
| End Page: |
180 |