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Optional Retirement : Experiences In Asia-Pacific Region To Solve Hr Challenges, Ting Cao
Optional Retirement : Experiences In Asia-Pacific Region To Solve Hr Challenges, Ting Cao
Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊
With population ageing and socio-economic development under way, reform of the retirement system has become one of the hottest topics around the globe. Traditionally, retirement is often referred to stoppage of labour and the eligibility to receive the accrued pension. From the perspective of social gerontology, retirement has at least two functions in an industrial society based on waged labours: 1) to recognise and reward employees’ past efforts, and 2) to remove older workers from the system to create more job opportunities for their younger counterparts. However, changes in the work patterns as well as the structural reform of the …
亞太 : 活用彈性退休 應對人資挑戰, Ting Cao
亞太 : 活用彈性退休 應對人資挑戰, Ting Cao
Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies Newsletter 亞太老年學研究通訊
隨著人口老齡化及社會經濟的發展，退休制度的改革已成為國際討論的焦點之一。在傳統意義上，退休意味著停止工作以及領取養老金。從社會老年學的角度看，在以僱傭勞動為主的工業社會，退休至少具備兩個重要意義：1.對員工過往工作的認同及補償；2.令年輕人有更多的工作機會。然而，工作方式的變遷和養老保障模式的結構性改革，使得退休與工作之間的對應關係日漸模糊。隨著預期壽命的不斷延長，越來越多的長者在退休之後，仍然有長達20年或更多的時間保持到健康，並且擁有繼續工作的意願和能力。此外，面對勞動力供給下降，龐大的養老金缺口及財務壓力等問題，國際社會對於退休改革的呼聲亦不斷增強。
Work Support, Work-Family Enrichment, Work Demand And Work Well-Being Among Chinese Employees : A Study Of Mediating And Moderating Processes, Shuwen Tang
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Work and family are the central and salient domains in one’s life. Juggling work and family life has become a challenge for many employees and families (Hammer et al., 2005). This study proposed a theoretical model in which work to family enrichment functioned as the mediator between work support (support from supervisor, co-workers and organization) and work well-being (job satisfaction and psychological health), and also examined whether work demand buffered the impact of work support on work well-being. The inclusion of work to family enrichment extends prior research on Job Demands – Resources model (Demerouti & Bakker, 2007), and allows …