Age and ageing in the contemporary workplace: an opportunity for sociological understanding and analysis

Reed, Cara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-1661 and Pritchard, Katrina 2025. Age and ageing in the contemporary workplace: an opportunity for sociological understanding and analysis. Rees, Chris, Bozkurt, Odul, Limoncelli, Stephanie A. and Preminger, Jonathan, eds. Handbook on the Sociology of Work, Research Handbooks in Sociology, Edward Elgar, pp. 167-180. (10.4337/9781035302376.00019)

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Abstract

While many employers are realising that there will be a greater age diversity in their workplaces, sociological research on age and work is only just starting to examine the connections between these two phenomena. We review the importance of considering the relationship between age and work and then explore three key themes that have emerged from studies so far on the topic: ageing at work, successful ageing, and considering cohorts. Each theme demonstrates that work is in fact infused with understandings of age that impact both employees and employers with positive and negative effects. Therefore, to conclude we consider the future agenda for studying age and work, incorporating more intersectional, youth-focused research and ultimately more complex appreciations of how age and work inter-relate.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Edward Elgar
ISBN:	9781035302369
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2026 12:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183609

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