Title: | Managerial Responses to an Aging Municipal Workforce: A National Survey |
Authors: | West, Jonathan P. 柏門 Berman, Evan M. |
Contributors: | 亞太博 |
Date: | 1996 |
Issue Date: | 2018-11-20 17:17:04 (UTC+8) |
Abstract: | THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF OLDER WORKERS IN U.S. CITIES. THE RESEARCH IS BASED ON A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF MUNICIPAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS IN CITIES OVER 50,000 POPULATION. A WIDE VARIETY OF STRATEGIES ARE BEING USED IN CITIES IN FOUR KEY AREAS: (1) SUPPORTIVE WORKPLACE RELATIONS; (2) TRAINING; (3) CAREER DEVELOPMENT; (4) PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL. HOWEVER, CITIES DO LITTLE TO ADAPT TRAINING TO THE NEEDS OF OLDER WORKERS, TO REVITALIZE THE CAREERS OF MATURE EMPLOYEES, OR TO USE PROFICIENCY TESTING AS A SUPPLEMENT TO PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL. MANAGERIAL PROFESSIONALISM IS AN IMPORTANT DRIVING FORCE INFLUENCING STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING ON THIS ISSUE; LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND FISCAL STRESS ARE LESS SIGNIFICANT FORCES. |
Relation: | Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol.16, No.3, pp.38-58 |
Data Type: | article |
DOI 連結: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X9601600305 |
Appears in Collections: | [亞太研究英語博/碩士學位學程(IDAS/IMAS)] 期刊論文
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