SHARING OLDER WORKERS AMONG ORGANIZATIONS: A VIGNETTE STUDY INVESTIGATING ORGANIZATIONAL, RELATIONAL AND TASK CHARACTERISTICS

摘要

With the aging of the workforce, organizations are face with the question how to ensure theemployability of their older workers. To date, most of the research focuses on internal policies andpractices (training, work load reduction, and so on). is study explores an external option, namelyhiring older workers from other organizations and sending older workers to another organization.Based on theories about cooperation between organizations, four hypotheses are formulated (aboutcharacteristics of the organizations, the task of the worker and the relationship between theorganization). ese hypotheses were tested using a vignette study. Evidence was found for three mainconditions for the willingness to hire and send older workers, namely: absorptive capacity, measurabletasks, and trust between organizations.