Zelfervaren drempels op de arbeidsmarkt : een onderzoek onder werkende, inactieve en werkloze 50-plussers
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- Hannah Van Borm (UGent) , Sharon Van Impe and Stijn Baert (UGent)
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- Abstract
- Ageing of the population is a universal problem. A common solution to deal with the negative effects of an ageing population is to keep citizens employed longer by raising the retirement age. However, the employment rate of people over fifty remains relatively low in many countries. This study aims to find out which barriers people over fifty experience in the labour market that hamper employment, explain inactivity, and make it more difficult to find a job. We examine these barriers using an online survey with 3 963 Flemish individuals over fifty. We find that both working, inactive, and unemployed individuals mainly experience work-related barriers on the labour market. More concretely, more than two-fifths of the working respondents indicate that a lack of (1) a good work organisation (44.1%), (2) a good manager (43.1%), and (3) appreciation (41.9%) hinders them from doing their job. Inactive respondents also give these barriers as the main explanations for inactivity. Furthermore, it appears that 71.0% of the job-seeking respondents experience age discrimination in hiring as a barrier and that 35.2% of these respondents indicate that their high salary expectations, according to their impression, makes finding a job more difficult. The extent to which one experiences certain barriers also seems to differ by gender and level of education.
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- older worker, online survey, labour market, Flanders, experienced barriers, PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, OLDER WORKERS, BRIDGE EMPLOYMENT, RETIREMENT, EMPLOYABILITY, ANTECEDENTS, INTENTIONS, CONSEQUENCES, NETHERLANDS, PREDICTORS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8717521
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- Van Borm, Hannah, et al. “Zelfervaren Drempels Op de Arbeidsmarkt : Een Onderzoek Onder Werkende, Inactieve En Werkloze 50-Plussers.” GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE, vol. 34, no. 2, 2021, pp. 180–221, doi:10.5117/G&O2021.2.002.BORM.
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- Van Borm, H., Van Impe, S., & Baert, S. (2021). Zelfervaren drempels op de arbeidsmarkt : een onderzoek onder werkende, inactieve en werkloze 50-plussers. GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE, 34(2), 180–221. https://doi.org/10.5117/G&O2021.2.002.BORM
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- Van Borm, Hannah, Sharon Van Impe, and Stijn Baert. 2021. “Zelfervaren Drempels Op de Arbeidsmarkt : Een Onderzoek Onder Werkende, Inactieve En Werkloze 50-Plussers.” GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE 34 (2): 180–221. https://doi.org/10.5117/G&O2021.2.002.BORM.
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- Van Borm, Hannah, Sharon Van Impe, and Stijn Baert. 2021. “Zelfervaren Drempels Op de Arbeidsmarkt : Een Onderzoek Onder Werkende, Inactieve En Werkloze 50-Plussers.” GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE 34 (2): 180–221. doi:10.5117/G&O2021.2.002.BORM.
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- 1.Van Borm H, Van Impe S, Baert S. Zelfervaren drempels op de arbeidsmarkt : een onderzoek onder werkende, inactieve en werkloze 50-plussers. GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE. 2021;34(2):180–221.
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- [1]H. Van Borm, S. Van Impe, and S. Baert, “Zelfervaren drempels op de arbeidsmarkt : een onderzoek onder werkende, inactieve en werkloze 50-plussers,” GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 180–221, 2021.
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deal with the negative effects of an ageing population is to keep citizens
employed longer by raising the retirement age. However, the employment
rate of people over fifty remains relatively low in many countries. This
study aims to find out which barriers people over fifty experience in the
labour market that hamper employment, explain inactivity, and make it
more difficult to find a job. We examine these barriers using an online
survey with 3 963 Flemish individuals over fifty. We find that both working,
inactive, and unemployed individuals mainly experience work-related
barriers on the labour market. More concretely, more than two-fifths of
the working respondents indicate that a lack of (1) a good work organisation
(44.1%), (2) a good manager (43.1%), and (3) appreciation (41.9%) hinders
them from doing their job. Inactive respondents also give these barriers as
the main explanations for inactivity. Furthermore, it appears that 71.0%
of the job-seeking respondents experience age discrimination in hiring
as a barrier and that 35.2% of these respondents indicate that their high
salary expectations, according to their impression, makes finding a job
more difficult. The extent to which one experiences certain barriers also
seems to differ by gender and level of education.}},
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