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Workforce Aging in the New Economy

Additional Publications

These are other publications associated with research carried out by project members. Some are downloadable in PDF file format (requires Adobe’s Acrobat Reader).

Academic:

Demaiter, E.I. and T. Adams (2009). "I really didn't have any problems with the male-female thing until...: Successful Women's Experiences in IT Organizations." The Canadian Journal of Sociology 34(1): 31-53.

Brooke, L. (2009). "Prolonging the careers of information technology workers: Continuity, exit, or retirement transitions?" Ageing & Society 29(2): 237-52.

Platman, K. (2008). Extensions to working lives in the information economy. Chapter in T. Chiva and G. Manthorpe (Eds.) Older Workers in Europe (pp. 53-68).  Maidenhead, UK: Open University, McGraw Hill.

Adams, T. and E.I. Demaiter (2008). "Skill, education and credentials in the new economy: The case of information technology workers." Work, Employment and Society 22(2): 351-362.

Charness, N. (2008).  "Technology as multiplier effect for an aging workforce." In K. W. Schaie and R. Abeles (Eds.), Social Structures and Aging Individuals: Continuing challenges (167-192).  New York, Springer.

McMullin, J.A., M. Cooke, et al. (2008). (Chapter) "Work and retirement in Canada: Policies and Prospects." In P. Taylor (Ed.), Ageing Labour Forces: Promises and Prospects (pp. 62-83).  Camberley, UK, Edward Elgar.

Adams, T. (2007). "Interprofessional relations and the emergence of a new profession: Software engineering in Canada, the U.S. and the UK." The Sociological Quarterly 48(3): 507-532.

Comeau, T.D. and C.L. Kemp (2007). "Intersections of age and masculinities in the information technology industry." Ageing & Society 27(2): 215-232.

McMullin, J.A., T.D. Comeau, & E. Jovic. (2007). " Generational affinities and discourses of difference: A case study of highly skilled information technology workers." British Journal of Sociology 58(2): 297-316.

Charness, N., S. J. Czaja, et al. (2007). "Age and technology for work." In K. S. Schulz and G. A. Adams (Eds.), Aging and Work in the 21st Century (chapter). Mahwah NJ, USA, Erlbaum.

Cooke, M. (2006). "Policy changes and the labour force participation of older workers: Evidence from six countries." Canadian Journal on Aging 25(4): 387-400.

McMullin, J.A. and K. Shuey (2006). "Ageing, disability, and workplace accommodations." Ageing & Society 26(6): 831-846.

Charness, N. (2005). "Age, technology and culture: Gerontopia or dystopia?" Public Policy & Aging Report, 15, 20-23.

Charness, N. and S.J. Czaja (2005). (Chapter) Adaptation to new technologies (7.13). Cambridge Handbook on Age and Ageing. M. L. Johnson. Cambridge, UK: 662-669.

McMullin, J.A. and T.L. Tomchick (2004). (Chapter) "To be Employed or not to be Employed? An examination of employment incentives and disincentives for older workers in Canada."  The Geneva Association Working Paper Series "Etudes et Dossiers" No. 285, The Geneva Association: International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics: 20.

Research reports:

Dilemmas of Owners and Workers in a Risk Society by Julie McMullin, Victor Marshall, Tammy Duerden Comeau, and Catherine Gordon. (Feb. 12, 2009). Ottawa: Canadian Policy Research Networks.

Flexibility/Security Policies and the Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers by Martin Cooke and Kerry Platman. (Feb. 5, 2009) Ottawa: Canadian Policy Research Networks.

Workforce Ageing in the New Economy: A Comparative Study of Information
Technology Employment
by Kerry Platman and Philip Taylor. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing, The University of Cambridge, 2004.

Labour Force Ageing and Skills Shortages in Canada and Ontario by Julie Ann McMullin and Martin Cooke with the collaboration of Rob Downie. (Research report; W/24). Canadian Policy Research Networks. Ottawa: CPRN, 2004.

World Summit on the Information Society Report by Heather Dryburgh. January 2004.

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