It is never too late to learn : the role of organizational support in older employees' learning

Žnidaršič, Jana (author), Kogovšek, Mojca (author), Kogovšek, Metka (author), Ograjenšek, Irena (author)

For last decades, lifelong-learning has been receiving growing attention as playing a crucial role in active ageing social policies. Due to numerous controversial research findings regarding older employees' continuous learning, our work focuses on comparing older vs. younger employees in terms of their motivation (willingness) to learn and outcomes that result from learning and training processes. Our results do not show statistically significant differences in learning results of both groups of employees, neither nor in general motivation for learning. However, the results show that older employees engage in learning less to fulfil their career goals and more to improve their work efficiency as well as facilitate knowledge transfer to the workplace. The crucial role of perceived organizational support for older employees' continuous learning and training at workplace is further discussed.

• Language: English
• Keywords: workforce aging, older employees, motivation for learning, age management
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 239-259
• Numbering: God. 28, br. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-129210
• UDC: 316.662:305-055.1
• ISSN on article: 1330-2965
• DOI: 10.3935/rsp.v28i2.1730
• COBISS.SI-ID: 74070787
• Publication date in RUL: 30.08.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Revija za socijalnu politiku = Croatian journal of social policy
• Shortened title: Rev. soc. polit.
• Publisher: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Pravni fakultet - Studijski centar socijalnog rada
• ISSN: 1330-2965
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16722269

Secondary language

• Language: Croatian
• Title: Nikada nije prekasno za učenje : uloga organizacijske podrške u učenju starijih zaposlenika

Abstract

U posljednjim desetljećima cjeloživotno učenje zadobiva sve više pozornosti zbog svoje ključne uloge u socijalnim mjerama za poticanje aktivnog starenja. Zbog brojnih kontroverznih rezultata istraživanja o trajnom učenju starijih zaposlenika, naš je rad usmjeren na usporedbu starijih I mlađih zaposlenika u pogledu njihove motivacije (spremnosti) za učenje i na ishode koji su rezultat procesa učenja i usavršavanja. Naši rezultati ne pokazuju statistički značajne razlike u rezultatima učenja obje grupe zaposlenika niti u općoj motivaciji za učenje. Ipak, rezultati pokazuju da se stariji zaposlenici manje bave učenjem kako bi ispunili svoje karijerne ciljeve, a više kako bi unaprijedili učinkovitost u radu, te da bi olakšali prijenos znanja na radnom mjestu. Dodatno se razmatra ključna uloga percipirane organizacijske podrške trajnog učenja I usavršavanja starijih zaposlenika na radnom mjestu.

• Keywords: starenje radne snage, stariji zaposlenici, motivacija za učenje, upravljanje starenjem