02227nam 22005173u 450 991045729090332120210106235844.01-283-34854-397866133485480-19-161780-6(CKB)2550000000064090(EBL)800822(OCoLC)760886988(MiAaPQ)EBC800822(EXLCZ)99255000000006409020130418d2011|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Organizing Age[electronic resource]Oxford OUP Oxford20111 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-957805-2 COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; 1. Why Age?; 2. Age Work; 3. Generations; 4. Ageism; 5. Capturing Age Cohorts; 6. Retirement; 7. A New Age?; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZAge is the silent shaper of work organizations and their human resource practices. It has become a potent feature of how society is structured and how it views itself. Age assumptions mould the behaviours of young and old alike, and are used as political tools by policy makers and managers. Organizing Age asks the perennial question - can age ever not matter? Drawing on range of social scientific and popular writings, this book casts a critical eye over the social construction and politicization of age in and beyond organizations. Amongst other topics, it discusses: the historical roots of ageAge and employmentAge discriminationAgeAgeismOrganizational sociologyElectronic books.Age and employment.Age discrimination.Age.Ageism.Organizational sociology.302.35302.35084Fineman Stephen116723AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910457290903321Organizing Age2028342UNINA