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Thriving in late career: the role of the psychological experiences of vitality and learning in the relationships between work design characteristics and individual work outcomes
conference contribution
posted on 2016-08-31, 10:40 authored by Stanimira Taneva, John ArnoldJohn Arnold, Peter DickensonPeter DickensonWe propose a model of work design in late career that will be tested in two quantitative
studies with overall 800 older workers (aged 55 years and over) from two industrial sectors in
the United Kingdom (healthcare and information and communication technologies). Our
conceptual model integrates current theories around life-span development, positive
organisational behaviour, job design, work performance, well-being, and late career. Our aim
is to explore the potential benefits of flexible work design in late career for both employers
and employees in terms of various aspects of employees’ individual performance. We suggest
that certain job design and broader work characteristics will have positive or negative effects
on the individual work outcomes in late career. Most of these effects will be mediated (fully
or partially) by employees’ experiences of thriving at work, demonstrated through two main
types of orientations (vitality and learning) and will be best interpreted within a life-span
developmental framework.
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School
- Business and Economics
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- Business
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BAM 2016: Thriving in Turbulent TimesCitation
TANEVA, S., ARNOLD, J. and DICKENSON, P., 2016. Thriving in late career: the role of the psychological experiences of vitality and learning in the relationships between work design characteristics and individual work outcomes. BAM 2016: Thriving in Turbulent Times, Newcastle, UK, 6th - 8th September 2016.Publisher
British Academy of Management © the authorsVersion
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