Assessment of age-correlated occupational strain as a prerequisite for age-appropriate work organization
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Healthy at Work: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. ed. / Markus Wiencke; Mirella Cacace; Sebastian Fischer. Springer International Publishing AG, 2016. p. 367-377.
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T1 - Assessment of age-correlated occupational strain as a prerequisite for age-appropriate work organization
AU - Müller, Friedrich
AU - Kakarot, Nadine
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Because of demographic changes in Germany, the average age of the workforce is progressively increasing. In an attempt to reduce pressure on the labor market, Germany recently changed the retirement age to 67 years. At the same time, economic constraints are forcing companies to reduce the number of employees. Thus, older workers are required to do physically demanding work involving heavy weights. In response to these factors, the Hamburg Sewage Company recently set a goal of creating working conditions that would enable their existing aging personnel to fulfill their duties efficiently and to a high quality while ensuring that their employees’ health would not be at a risk. As a prerequisite to achieving this goal, quantitative data on work load, physical and mental effort required to meet job demands, and age-related changes in physical and mental strain were required. To this end, a combination of complementary measures aimed at achieving an in-depth analysis that would enable appropriate adaptations of working conditions for the aging workforce have been implemented.
AB - Because of demographic changes in Germany, the average age of the workforce is progressively increasing. In an attempt to reduce pressure on the labor market, Germany recently changed the retirement age to 67 years. At the same time, economic constraints are forcing companies to reduce the number of employees. Thus, older workers are required to do physically demanding work involving heavy weights. In response to these factors, the Hamburg Sewage Company recently set a goal of creating working conditions that would enable their existing aging personnel to fulfill their duties efficiently and to a high quality while ensuring that their employees’ health would not be at a risk. As a prerequisite to achieving this goal, quantitative data on work load, physical and mental effort required to meet job demands, and age-related changes in physical and mental strain were required. To this end, a combination of complementary measures aimed at achieving an in-depth analysis that would enable appropriate adaptations of working conditions for the aging workforce have been implemented.
KW - Aging workforce
KW - Lever system
KW - Mental strain
KW - Mental workload
KW - Work step
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044284736&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_25
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85044284736
SN - 9783319323299
SP - 367
EP - 377
BT - Healthy at Work
A2 - Wiencke, Markus
A2 - Cacace, Mirella
A2 - Fischer, Sebastian
PB - Springer International Publishing AG
ER -