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.