Not Just a Number: New Frontiers in Research on the Role of Aging in Organizations

Abstract

As the labor force has been increasingly aging, it is imperative for management scholars to direct attention to the implications of employee aging for organizations. Despite its importance, the research on the role of employee aging has remained relatively limited. This symposium showcases recent studies that address the need to better understand the consequences of aging at work. The presentations focus on the interactive relationship between organizational diversity policy and employee age on specific workplace outcomes for older employees, and on the intersectional dynamics of age and gender by considering the unique experiences of older women. Theoretical implications as well as best management practices that follow from the presented studies will be discussed. The Role of Organizational Age Approach on Older Employees’ Workplace Self-perceptions and Behavior Presenter: Seval Gündemir; U. of Amsterdam Presenter: Astrid Carlotta Homan; U. of Amsterdam The Impact of Diversity Policy on Creating Age Diversity in Teams Presenter: Franciska Krings; U. of Lausanne Presenter: Oriana De Saint Priest; U. of Lausanne Gendered Ageing: Examining Women’s Embodied Experiences of Menopause in the UK Police Service Presenter: Joanne Duberley; U. of Birmingham Presenter: Carol Atkinson; Manchester Metropolitan U. Business School Presenter: Fiona Carmichael; Birmingham Business School Intersectional Escape: Older Women Elude Agentic Prescriptions more than Older Men Presenter: Ashley E. Martin; Stanford Graduate School of Business Presenter: Michael North; New York U. Presenter: Katherine W. Phillips; Columbia U.