Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers Current Reality, Future Solutions /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Brownell, Patricia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kelly, James J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Personnel management.; Geriatrics.; Human rights.; Aging.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Social Sciences.; Human Rights.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Human Resource Management.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

This book promotes an understanding of ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, incorporating an international human rights perspective. The impact of ageism on the mistreatment of older adult workers has not to date been examined in depth through the lens of international hum...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword (Gloria M. Gutman)
• Preface (Patricia Brownell & James J. Kelly)
• Part I: Understanding Mistreatment of Older Workers: A Human Rights Perspective and Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 1: Older Workers and Human Rights: National and International Policies and Realities (Denise Gosselin Caldera)
• Chapter 2: Definitions and Conceptual Framework for Understanding Ageism and Mistreatment of Older Workers (Patricia Brownell & Mebane Powell)
• Part II: Current Reality
• Chapter 3: Harassment of Older Adults in the Workplace (Amy Blackstone)
• Chapter 4: What Do Newspapers Say About Older Adults in the Workplace? (Mebane Powell)
• Chapter 5: The Evolution of Retirement as Systematic Ageism (Lynn McDonald)
• Part III: Future Solutions
• Chapter 6: Creating Supportive Workplace Environments for Older Workers (Elizabeth Ciampa & Roslyn Chernesky)
• Chapter 7: Human Resource Departments and Older Adults in the Workplace (James Woolever)
• Chapter 8: Counseling Older Workers Confronting Ageist Stereotypes and Discrimination (Margo Jackson)
• Chapter 9: Legal and Legislative Issues in Protecting Older Adults in the Workplace: An International Perspective (Charmaine Spencer)
• Chapter 10: International Protection for the Human Rights of Older People: History and Future Prospects (Israel Doron, Bethany Brown & Susan B. Somers)
• Looking Ahead (Patricia Brownell & James J. Kelly).