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    Individual and organisational predictors influencing ageing workers’ employability

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    An important way to improve ageing workers' employability is through participation in formal and informal human resource development (HRD) activities. However, older workers remain underrepresented in most forms of training and development, and company policies are hardly directed at improving older workers' employability through learning and development initiatives. Personal motivation and ability to learn reflect employees' accountability for investments in their own development. Organisations need to promote competence development of employees, by means of, for example, a supportive and stimulating learning climate, supervisor support, and good social relationship between employees and their supervisors. Two studies were recently carried out to identify which individual and organisational factors affect employability of an ageing workforce. The most important findings are presented here. Based on these findings, recommendations are made to stimulate companies to develop and implement strategies to improve ageing workers' employabilit
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