<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">A new trend began to emerge with the improvement of living conditions and medical advancement: the trend towards longevity. This trend appeared slowly at beginning of the industrial revolution but has increased significantly in the 20th and the 21st centuries. This trend, which initially started hesitatingly in developed countries, has now extended to reach across the entire planet. Europe, as an initiator of the industrial revolution, is one of the world’s regions with the most aged population. One consequence of an aging process compounded by a drop in fertility rates is reflected in the organizational context, where potentially available employees are also much older. This has led to many changes in the proportion of employees over 60 years of age, and will require other changes in order to provide the human resource necessary for the optimal progress of professional activities.</abstract>

A new trend began to emerge with the improvement of living conditions and medical advancement: the trend towards longevity. This trend appeared slowly at beginning of the industrial revolution but has increased significantly in the 20th and the 21st centuries. This trend, which initially started hesitatingly in developed countries, has now extended to reach across the entire planet. Europe, as an initiator of the industrial revolution, is one of the world’s regions with the most aged population. One consequence of an aging process compounded by a drop in fertility rates is reflected in the organizational context, where potentially available employees are also much older. This has led to many changes in the proportion of employees over 60 years of age, and will require other changes in order to provide the human resource necessary for the optimal progress of professional activities.

Demographic Changes in Today’s Society Reflected in The Organizational Context

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A new trend began to emerge with the improvement of living conditions and medical advancement: the trend towards longevity. This trend appeared slowly at...

Demographic Changes in Today’s Society Reflected in The Organizational Context

Published Online: Feb 01, 2019

Page range: 262 - 267

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2018-0032

Keywords
age, aging world, aged organizations, retirement

© 2018 Gabriela-Maria Man et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Demographic Changes in Today’s Society Reflected in The Organizational Context

Published Online: Feb 01, 2019

Page range: 262 - 267

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2018-0032

Keywordsage, aging world, aged organizations, retirement

© 2018 Gabriela-Maria Man et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
age, aging world, aged organizations, retirement