Title

Managerial Responses To An Aging Municipal Workforce

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.

Publication Date

12-1-1996

Publication Title

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volume

16

Issue

3

Number of Pages

38-58

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X9601600305

Socpus ID

0038902035 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0038902035

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