Age Management Practices Research Articles

Age Management in Danish Companies: What, How, and How Much?

This article investigates Danish employers’ behavior in the area of active aging, which is made topical by demographic aging. It describes age management practices and explains why some companies are more prone to employ age management than others. The study is based on a survey conducted among a representative sample of Danish employers, and 609 interviews in total have been carried out. Data have been scrutinized using frequency analysis for descriptive purposes as well as binary logistic regression analysis for explanatory purposes. Findings indicate that structural, cognitive, and action-oriented variables have significance for whether companies develop and employ active age management policies.

National institutions and employers’ age management practices in Britain and Germany: ‘Path dependence’ and option exploration

We pursue a comparative analysis of employers’ age management practices in Britain and Germany, asking how valid ‘convergence’ and ‘Varieties of Capitalism’ theories are. After rejecting the convergence verdict, we proceed to ask how far ‘path dependence’ helps explain inter-country differences. Through 19 interviews with British and German experts, we find that firms have reacted in different ways to promptings from the EU and the two states. Change has been modest and a rhetoric-reality gap exists in firms as they seek to hedge. We point to continuities in German institutional methods of developing new initiatives, and the emerging role of British NGOs in helping firms and the state develop new options. We argue that ‘path dependence’ offers insight into the national comparison, but also advance the idea of national modes of firm option-exploration as an important way of conceptualizing the processes involved.

Age Management: A New Paradigm In HRM Within Slovenian Enterprises

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>In the recent years a demographic situation in European countries has been mostly characterized by a growing proportion of the older population </span><span>– </span><span>a trend that is expected to continue in the future. The implications of this trend are not only present on the macroeconomic level (pensions, later retirement, health problems, etc.) but are more and more approached by the companies due to the aging workforce. Companies are thus introducing new approaches, policies and instruments which are synthetically called age management to accommodate to the situation of the ageing workforce. Age management is </span><span>thus primarily the companies’ orientation and is proved by the previous research </span><span>that the essential drivers for the older workers staying active are found within the companies. </span></p><p><span>The aim of this paper is to highlight the development of age management within Slovenian companies where the practice of age management is still in its early stage. However, we expect that due to the ageing population and the shortages on the labor market one can expect that those practices will receive more and more attention in the future. Therefore, we reveal through the research of the 200 Slovenian companies the existing age management practices such as recruitment practices, training, remuneration, flexible work options, internal cultu</span><span>re, and even a companies’ external image. </span></p><p><span>We analyze the major problems and obstacles that seem to appear in developmental process of the age management implementation in Slovenian companies, and conclude with some recommendations for the future development of the age management. </span></p></div></div></div>

Legal issues associated with the current and future practice of anti-aging medicine.

This article addresses legal issues and laws that govern physicians, medications, drugs, and the safety of patients in age management and anti-aging medical practices. Age management programs continue to increase and attract more patients despite the lack of scientific proof of their medical benefits. The use of growth hormone, other medications, and supplements is widely reported, although prohibited by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of anti-aging. The categories of potential legal liability presented in this article include False Expectations, Fraud, Negligence-Malpractice, Warranty Issues, Product Liability, Human Growth Hormone Usage, and Agency (employee) Issues. This article attempts to identify potential areas of liability for the age management practitioner and the patient seeking such care.

Identification of neolithic/bronze age and land management practices in fossil landscapes using δ13C free lipid and compound specific δ15N amino acid signals

Identification of neolithic/bronze age and land management practices in fossil landscapes using δ13C free lipid and compound specific δ15N amino acid signals