Knowledge@SMU
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
9-2010
Abstract
The greying working population in developed economies will be widening intergenerational fissures in today’s companies and organisations. Young managers find it difficult to handle the 'grey hairs' under their charge, while older workers are not always happy taking orders from their younger supervisors. Yet, without talent, businesses run the risk of losing their competitiveness. How should companies bridge the gap and turn the skills and experience of their older workers into their advantage? Drawing examples and cases not just from America but also Singapore, Peter Cappelli and Bill Novelli, professors at Wharton and Georgetown respectively, share some ideas in the book “Managing the Older Worker”.
Disciplines
Business | Human Resources Management
Copyright Owner and Holder
Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012
Licece/Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Article ID
1307
Subject(s)
Human Resources
Citation
Knowledge@SMU.
Tackling 'grey hairs': How companies can turn an ageing workforce to their advantage. (2010).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/133