Abstract
A number of different issues of aging affect work organizations. Workers age in the usual sense of biological, psychological, and social aging. Workers age in an organizational sense resulting in a need for training and growth. Updating may prevent or minimize obsolescence. Human factors approaches can support adult and older adult workers through designing or redesigning a work situation in a way sensitive to the physical and cognitive demands of a job. Demands on individual workers can change in middle age and older adulthood as caregiving demands of family members must be balanced with work.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 7-19 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | The Journal of Applied Gerontology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gerontology
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Sterns, H. L., Barrett, G. V., Czaja, S. J., & Barr, J. K. (1994). Issues in Work and Aging. The Journal of Applied Gerontology, 13(1), 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/073346489401300102