| Productivity of older workers: perceptions of employers and employees. | |
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PMID: 20734554 Owner: HMD Status: MEDLINE |
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What determines the perceived productivity of the older worker and how does this perception compare to the perception of the productivity of the younger worker? In this study we present evidence based on data from Dutch employers and employees. Productivity perceptions are affected by one's age and one's position in the hierarchy. The young favor the young, the old favor the old, and employers value the productivity of workers less than employees do. However, there are also remarkable similarities across employers and employees. By distinguishing the various dimensions that underlie the productivity of younger and older workers, we tested whether soft qualities and abilities-e.g., reliability and commitment-are just as important as hard qualities-cognitive and physically based skills-in the eyes of both employers and employees. It appears that both employers and employees, young and old, view hard skills as far more important than soft skills. |
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Authors:
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Hendrik P Van Dalen; Kène Henkens; Joop Schippers |
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Population and development review Volume: 36 ISSN: 0098-7921 ISO Abbreviation: Popul Dev Rev Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-24 Completed Date: 2010-09-30 Revised Date: 2010-11-09 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7613927 Medline TA: Popul Dev Rev Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 309-30 Citation Subset: Q |
Affiliation:
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Professor of Macroeconomics, Tilburg University and CentER; and Senior Research Associate, The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), The Hague. |
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Adult Aging / ethnology, physiology, psychology Efficiency* Employment* / economics, history, psychology History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Intergenerational Relations* / ethnology Interprofessional Relations* Netherlands / ethnology Social Change / history Social Perception* Young Adult |
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