The Importance and Value of Older Employees : : Wise Workers in the Workplace.

• Author: Hilsen, Anne Inga.
• TeilnehmendeR: Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (104 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Norwegian Context -- References -- 2 Competence and Knowledge at Work -- 2.1 Organisational Knowledge -- 2.2 Situated Knowledge -- 2.3 Expertise and Professional Knowledge -- 2.4 Competence, Knowledge and Seniors -- References -- 3 What Do We Know About the Knowledge of Older Workers? -- 3.1 Education and the Skills of Older Workers -- 3.2 Can Older Employees Learn New Things at Work? -- 3.3 Senior Competence -- References -- 4 Research Design -- 4.1 Research Methods -- 4.2 Data and Data Collection -- 4.3 The Cases -- 4.4 How the Data Was Analysed -- 4.5 Grounded Theory -- 4.5.1 First Stage -- 4.5.2 Second Stage -- 4.5.3 Third Stage -- 4.6 How This Method Was Used in the Current Project -- References -- 5 Over 50s at Work: Findings from Case Studies -- 5.1 Long Careers -- 5.1.1 Long Careers and Age Diversity -- 5.1.2 Long Careers in the Same Job-Seniority in the Workplace -- 5.1.3 Long Careers in Different Jobs -- 5.2 Age -- 5.2.1 Age and Life Phase -- 5.2.2 Age and the Body -- 5.2.3 Age and Generation -- 5.3 Willingness and Opportunity to Learn -- 5.4 Summary of Findings -- Reference -- 6 Discussion/What Do These Findings Tell Us -- 6.1 Introduction to Discussion -- 6.2 Communication -- 6.3 Confidence -- 6.4 Understanding of Context -- 6.5 Variety -- 6.6 Seeing the Big Picture -- 6.7 Maturity -- 6.7.1 What Have We Learned from This Analysis? -- References -- 7 The Wise Worker -- References -- 8 Conclusions.