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Review
. 2019 Mar 23;16(3):337-361.
doi: 10.1007/s10433-019-00499-w. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Defining organizational contributions to sustaining an ageing workforce: a bibliometric review

N Renuga Nagarajan  1 , Mineko Wada  1 , Mei Lan Fang  2 , Andrew Sixsmith  1   3
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Review

Defining organizational contributions to sustaining an ageing workforce: a bibliometric review

N Renuga Nagarajan et al. Eur J Ageing. .

Abstract

The ageing of populations worldwide has implications for workforces in developed countries, and labour shortages have increasingly become a political concern. Governments in developed countries have responded by increasing the retirement age as a strategy for overcoming the fall in labour supply. Using bibliometric techniques, we reviewed 122 articles published between 1990 and 2018 to examine the effectiveness of the strategy in addressing the labour shortages and, in particular, to identify the factors that contribute positively to maintaining worker participation within an ageing workforce at an organizational level. The results identified five organizational factors that support continued participation: health, institutions, human resource management, human capital and technology tools. Employers will increasingly need to develop "age-friendly" workplaces and practices if they are to recruit and retain older workers.

Keywords: Ageing workforce; Bibliometrics; Labour market; Organization.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestAuthors Renuga Nagarajan, Mineko Wada, Mei Lan Fang and Andrew Sixsmith declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Frequency of terms used to describe ageing population in the workforce. Source: Authors’ computation based on 122 articles gathered from the Scopus database (Data accessed on November 8, 2017)
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Evolution of scientific publications related to the ageing workforce. Source: Authors’ computation based on 122 articles gathered from the Scopus database (data accessed on November 8, 2017)
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Organizational factors that influence the performance of the ageing workforce. Source: Author’s design
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Evolution of the organizational factors of the ageing workforce. Source: Authors’ computation based on 122 articles (148 occurrences) via the Scopus database (Data was accessed on November 8, 2017)
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Evolution of scientific publications on methodological approaches used in the reviewed articles. Source: Authors’ computation based on 122 articles gathered from the Scopus database (Nov. 8, 2017)
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Age classification of the ageing workforce in the reviewed articles. Source: Authors’ computation based on 122 articles gathered from the Scopus database (Data was accessed on November 8, 2017)
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