Knowledge retention at work and aging

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Workforces in most developed countries are aging because of the simultaneously operating trends of increased life expectancies and decreased birth rates (United Nations 2013). Due to the large numbers of very experienced older and retiring workers from the so-called baby boomer generation, organizations are facing an unprecedented and unintentional loss of valuable organizational knowledge (Beazley et al. 2002; Daghfous et al. 2013). When valuable employees retire, valuable knowledge retires with them if there are no effective knowledge management or human resource (HR) management processes in place to prevent it.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Geropsychology
EditorsNancy Pachana
Number of pages7
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2017
Pages1291-1297
ISBN (print)978-981-287-081-0
ISBN (electronic)978-981-287-082-7
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Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • Business psychology - Knowledge Transfer, Young Worker, Authentic Learning, Knowledge Retention, High Order Thinking Skill