Gerontologie und Geriatrieforschung

Abstrakt

Job Performance in Relation to a Sustainable Working Life

Joyce Simard*

Given the ageing of the workforce and the lengthening of working lives, companies have made supporting and retaining older workers a strategic management objective. Given the effects of long standing health impairments in older age, the relationship between health and work is particularly important for older workers who perform manual tasks. Few studies have examined the impact of employees' ability to balance work and health demands, including managerial and organizational support, although numerous studies have examined the relationship between work ability and job performance (work health balance). We evaluate the mediating role of work health balance in the relationship between work ability and job performance, both self-reported and assessed, taking into account health as a dynamic balance between work and health demands influenced by both individual and environmental factors. One well known socio-demographic phenomenon of our century is the ageing of the world's population. In order to promote a society that is inclusive of people of all ages, the United Nations designated the period from 2021 to 2030 as the "Decade of Healthy Ageing" (DHA). Governments are starting to adapt policies for an increasing number of older people as they become more aware of this demographic transformation. For instance, the Department of Family Policies (DFP) in Italy provided funding for a large scale national project (2019-2022) to develop multilevel and participatory coordination of active ageing policies.