Ageing in organizations

Maria Jose Tonelli, Jussara Pereira, Vanessa Cepellos and João Lins

RAUSP Management Journal, 2019, vol. 55, issue 2, 127-142

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to show which factors influence the perception of human resources professionals about managers over 50 years old and which factors guide the age management practices adopted in the surveyed companies. Design/methodology/approach - To this end, a survey was conducted with 140 companies accessed from a database of a human resources association. Through the answers obtained through the online questionnaire, an exploratory factor analysis was made with the aid of Software R. Findings - Thus, it was possible to identify four factors that explain the work posture of professionals 50 years of age and older (company expectations, performance, morality and knowledge and professionalism) and three factors that guide the adoption of age management practices in organizations (recruitment & selection and integration, retention and continuity in the company, adaptation to the needs). Originality/value - The results suggest that, even considering the high performance of older managers, perceived by HR professionals, the adoption of age management practices is still insufficient, making it difficult for these professionals to enter and remain in organizations. Moreover, it can be inferred that such posture indicates biases of discrimination and age stereotypes.

Keywords: Discrimination; Mature professionals; Age management; Aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/RAUSP-08-2018-0062

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