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Human resource management refers to the management of work and people, for example, by offering HR practices, such as training and compensation, to employees. HR practices lead to positive worker outcomes, such as engagement and performance. However, employee motives and abilities change with aging, affecting the utility of HR practices for employees. Therefore, research on aging at work focuses on how the influence of HR practices on worker outcomes might change with aging and on HR practices particularly tailored to older workers.
Human resource management (HRM) refers to all activities associated with the management of work and people within organizations (Boxall and Purcell 2011). This broad definition implies that many different concepts at different levels are part of HRM and that different actors are involved in HRM. At the organizational level, researchers distinguish HR principles or philosophies and intended HR policies (Wright and Nishii 2013...
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Kooij, D. (2017). Human Resource Management and Aging. In: Pachana, N.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_18
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