cover image: What can employers learn from the academia about retaining workers aged 55+?

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What can employers learn from the academia about retaining workers aged 55+?

17 Feb 2021

The tasks of academic staff are highly adjustable to personal disposition to work Occupations can be classified in socio-economic terms by looking at the degree of creativeness involved in work, for example through the concept of the creative class.1 The main task of the creative class is to identify and solve problems, which is why academic staff fits the definition very well. [...] 4 teaching and research prevents from boredom and the repetitiveness of tasks is low, while the opportunity for interaction with a diverse population decreases the monotony of the job further. [...] The job market of academia is quite shallow: the job is homogeneous, the number of employers is limited and the competition between them is low, as well. [...] There is also a large component of trust in the academic workplace - the supervisor is not directly con- trolling the employee; the job requirement is clear and the performance assessment is focused on compe- tences. [...] The overarching aim of the project is to support the improvement of working conditions and lifelong learning provisions, systems and policies for the older labour force in order to promote active ageing and employability.
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