JUHANI ILMARINEN

Biographic Data

ID6181765
NAMEJUHANI ILMARINEN
GIVEN NAMESJUHANI
FAMILY NAMEILMARINEN
SIGNATUREILMARINEN J
AFFILIATIONSJuhani Ilmarinen Consulting Ltd., Ruuvitie2, 01650 Vantaa, Finland
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS15
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • From Work Ability Research to Implementation

    Open AccessJUHANI ILMARINENARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    Work ability research started in Finland in the 1990s due to the challenges of work force aging. The employment rates of older workers (55+) were below 40% and early retirement and work disability rates were rather common in many European countries. The work ability concept and methods were developed and broad international research activities started in the 1990s. A comprehensive promotion model for work ability was created aiming to prevent wor…

  • Midlife work ability and mobility limitation in old age among non-disability and disability retirees - a prospective study

    Open AccessMonika E von Bonsdorff, Taina Rantanen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Better midlife work ability may protect from old age mobility limitation among those who retire due to non-disability and disability. Promoting work ability in midlife may lead to more independent, active aging, regardless of type of retirement

  • To leave or not to leave: Retirement intentions and retirement behaviour

    Open AccessPER ERIK SOLEM, Astri Syse et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2016Cited by: 9References: 27

    Research on the correspondence between retirement intentions and subsequent behaviour is scarce. We aimed to explore possible associations between retirement intentions and behaviour, using five-year high-quality quantitative panel data on Norwegian senior workers. Retirement intentions operate at different levels of firmness: (a) considerations; (b) preferences; and (c) decisions. Compared to work continuation considerations, a targeted age for …

  • Late Career Decision-Making: A Qualitative Panel Study

    TRUDE FURUNES, Reidar J Mykletun et al.ARTICLEWork Aging and Retirement2015Cited by: 6References: 9

    The aim of this longitudinal qualitative interview study (3 waves of interviews) was to examine the nature of older workers’ late career decision-making processes, including the main drivers and obstacles for prolonging working life or retiring. Late career decision-making is regarded as a process of reflecting and deciding on whether to continue in the current job, change employer, be self-employed, or quit one’s career when approaching retireme…

  • Work ability—a comprehensive concept for occupational health research and prevention

    Open AccessJUHANI ILMARINENARTICLEScandinavian Journal of Work,…2009

  • The Work Ability Index (WAI)

    JUHANI ILMARINENARTICLEOccupational Medicine2006

    Our multidisciplinary study group (occupational physiology, psychology, medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics) started cross-sectional studies among municipal employees in 1981. The study participants were followed for 16 years Since the beginning, the use of Work Ability Index (WAI) both in research and practice has widened to various countries, and the index has been translated into 24 languages.

  • Aging Workers

    JUHANI ILMARINEN, Juhani E IlmarinenARTICLEOccupational and Environmental…2001

    hronological aging starts at birth and ends at death. Therefore, anyone in the work force (15-64 years of age) can be considered an aging worker. However, the definition of an aging worker is generally based on the period when major changes occur in relevant work related functions during the course of work life. Functional capacities, mainly physical, show a declining trend after the age of 30 years, and the trend can become critical after the ne…