Aging workforce with reduced work capacity
From organizational challenges to successful accommodations sustaining productivity and well-being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4602492 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lilah Rinsky-Halivni (0000-0001-8132-6464, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author), Hovav Boaz (0000-0002-0400-5680, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College), David C Christiani (0000-0002-0301-0242, Harvard University), Shuli Brammli-Greenberg (0000-0002-2803-6019, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 312 |
| Pages | 115369 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115369 |
| PMID | 36162364 |
| OpenAlex | W4296177668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
Israel is experiencing accelerated workforce aging and increasing retirement age that began in the last two decades. Aging workers suffer from increased illness and impairment rates, challenging employing organizations with reduced work capacity. Occupational health practitioners often assist employers in accommodating these challenges. However, insufficient evidence on prognostic factors, organizational practices, and age management tools hamper successful accommodation. Research on the organizational perceptions of aging workers is also limited. Our study aims to (1) identify the domains in which the aging workforce challenges Israeli organizations according to a multi-level theoretical model we developed, and (2) assess the practices employed by organizations to address the declines in work capacity from employers' and workers' perspectives. Our qualitative study employed semi-structured interviews of 26 employers and workers' representatives from eight Israeli organizations sampled by maximum variation according to organizational characteristics. Thematic framework analysis of organizational perceptions on challenges, facilitators, and practices in use, via aging workers' cases was utilized. We identified organizational challenges on five levels: individual worker, work environment, interpersonal team relationships, organization, and community relationships, stemming from the aging workers' reduced capacity to meet job demands and conditions. Time adjustments, work environment changes, and job task changes were common accommodations practices used by the organizations. Successful accommodations from the employers' perspective preserved workers' and teams' productivity, and from the workers' perspective, those that lowered demand and improved job control without damaging earnings or job status. Taken together, organizations from all economic sectors should prepare for the increasing need to accommodate work conditions for aging workers with limitations to preserve their health and safety. Balancing employers' and workers' perspectives when accommodating workers with reduced work capacity is imperative to promote healthy aging at the workplace. Government intervention is advised to encourage continued job participation to reduce employment termination
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |