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Aging workforce management in the automobile industry: Defining the concept and its constituting elements

This paper presents the results of a grounded theory study on the automobile industry aimed at developing a concept of aging workforce management by identifying and constructing its constituting elements. Through an in-depth research investigation, it answers the question of how the challenge of an aging workforce can be defined, and the related broader managerial issues that arise in the context of one specific industry. Our findings suggest that the quest for 'competitiveness' is the major constituting element of the concept of aging workforce management. Interdependent with this are two secondary elements that encompass the actual challenge: measures that drive competitiveness and symptoms of the aging workforce. Three further 'residual elements' making up the six constituting elements of the construct are then outlined. Issues for future research are suggested, including extending such studies across other industries, and operationalizing the construct of aging workforce management by explicating the dynamics among its constituting elements.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) ; ISSN: 1862-0000 ; Volume: 23 ; Year: 2009 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 8-27 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
aging workforce management
grounded theory
automobile industry
Ältere Arbeitskräfte
Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
Grounded Theory
Welt

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Streb, Christoph
Voelpel, Sven
Leibold, Marius
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Rainer Hampp Verlag
(where)
Mering
(when)
2009

DOI
doi:10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2009_01_Streb
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  • Streb, Christoph
  • Voelpel, Sven
  • Leibold, Marius
  • Rainer Hampp Verlag

Time of origin

  • 2009

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