Organizational Practices for the Aging Workforce: Validation of an English Version of the Later Life Workplace Index

Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

Authors

Abstract Due to aging workforces, research on organizational practices for older employees becomes more important for individuals and organizations. However, existing measures for such organizational practices tend to capture the construct with unidimensional scales, use single-item operationalizations, or focus on a specific area. Hence, Wöhrmann, Deller, and Pundt (2018) developed the Later Life Workplace Index (LLWI) to provide a multidimensional framework to measure organizational practices for older employees on nine dimensions, namely organizational climate, leadership, work design, health management, individual development, knowledge management, transition to retirement, continued employment after retirement, and health and retirement coverage. The LLWI has recently been operationalized and validated in Germany (Wilckens, Wöhrmann, Deller, & Wang, 2020). However, to utilize the index beyond German-speaking countries, a validated English version is required. Thus, we aimed to validate an English version of the LLWI using a sample of older U.S. employees (N = 279). Results support the domain level factor structure of the LLWI but show some redundancy among the 80 items for the overall nine domain factor structure. A comparison between the U.S. sample and a German sample (N = 349) confirmed configural and (partial) metric measurement invariance of the English version. Results further supported convergent, discriminant, criterion, as well as incremental validity. Researchers can utilize the new measure to gain a deeper understanding of organizational practices relevant for older employees, while practitioners are able to assess their organizational readiness for an aging workforce. We envision further translation and validation in other languages and cultural contexts.
Original languageEnglish
JournalInnovation in Aging
Volume5
Issue numberSuppl 1
Pages (from-to)826-827
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17.12.2021

Recently viewed

Publications

  1. Recognizing Guarantees and Assurances of Non-Repetition
  2. Tree-tree interactions and crown complementarity
  3. Crop rotation modelling
  4. The Use of Anti-Windup Techniques in Didactic Level Systems
  5. Analysis of life cycle datasets for the material gold
  6. Degrees of Integration
  7. Design of a Real Time Path of Motion Control for Manufacturing Applications
  8. Plural valuation in space: mapping values of grasslands and their ecosystem services
  9. Studying embodied encounters
  10. Wer wird subventioniert?
  11. Comparison of Panel Cointegration Tests
  12. Relativity in Social Cognition: Basic processes and novel applications of social comparisons
  13. A panel cointegrating rank test with structural breaks and cross-sectional dependence
  14. Levels of indicator development for education for sustainable development
  15. Co-EM Support Vector learning
  16. Smart cities, smart borders. Sensing networks and security in the urban space
  17. Scaffolding im Rahmen von Inquiry-based Learning.
  18. Managing and accounting for corporate biodiversity contributions mapping the field
  19. Factors shaping European rabbit abundance in continuous and fragmented populations of central Spain
  20. BBS futur 2.0
  21. Towards a Relational Materialism
  22. Farmers’ perceptions and knowledge of natural enemies as providers of biological control in cider apple orchards
  23. Georeferencing System for Maneuvering of Autonomous Truck in Mining Environment
  24. An Adaptive Lyapunovs Internal PID Regulator in Automotive Applications
  25. Index und Irritation
  26. POR UMA ESCOLA PLURAL, INTEGRADA E COM PARTIDOS
  27. Whatever we negotiate is not what I like
  28. A cognitive mess
  29. Observations of Microstructure-Oriented Crack Growth in a Cast Mg-Al-Ba-Ca Alloy under Tension, Compression and Fatigue
  30. Energy transitions in small-scale regions – What we can learn from a regional innovation systems perspective.