Organisational Measures and Strategies for a Healthy and Sustainable Extended Working Life and Employability-A Deductive Content Analysis with Data Including Employees, First Line Managers, Trade Union Representatives and HR-Practitioners [Elektronisk resurs]

• Due to the global demographic change many more people will need to work until an older age, and organisations and enterprises need to implement measures to facilitate an extended working life. The aim of this study was to investigate organisational measures and suggestions to promote and make improvements for a healthy and sustainable working life for all ages in an extended working life. This is a qualitative study, and the data were collected through both focus group interviews and individual interviews that included 145 participants. The study identified several suggestions for measures and actions to increase employability in the themes: to promote a good physical and mental work environment; to promote personal financial and social security; to promote relations, social inclusion and social support in the work situation; and to promote creativity, knowledge development and intrinsic work motivation, i.e., based on the spheres of determination in the theoretical swAge-model (sustainable working life for all ages). Based on the study results a tool for dialogue and discussion on employee work situation and career development was developed, and presented in this article. Regular conversations, communication and close dialogue are needed and are a prerequisite for good working conditions and a sustainable working environment, as well as to be able to manage employees and develop the organisation further. The identified measures need to be revisited regularly throughout the employees' entire working life to enable a healthy and sustainable working life for all ages. 

Ämnesord

Medical and Health Sciences  (hsv)

Health Sciences  (hsv)

Occupational Health and Environmental Health  (hsv)

Medicin och hälsovetenskap  (hsv)

Hälsovetenskaper  (hsv)

Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin  (hsv)

Social Sciences  (hsv)

Other Social Sciences  (hsv)

Work Sciences  (hsv)

Samhällsvetenskap  (hsv)

Annan samhällsvetenskap  (hsv)

Arbetslivsstudier  (hsv)

Genre

government publication  (marcgt)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

age management

ageing

competence

creativity

demography

discrimination

economy

employability

empowerment

extended working life

gerontology

global sustainable goal

health prevention

health promotion

job satisfaction

manager

motivation

occupational health care

older worker

private finance

psychosocial

public health

recovery

recuperation

retirement

senior

social support

swAge-model

work ability

work environment

working hours

work–life balance