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Creating a healthy working environment for older employees as part of social responsibility

Maja Rožman (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia)
Sonja Treven (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia)
Matjaž Mulej (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia)
Vesna Čančer (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 13 July 2018

Issue publication date: 2 May 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the importance of a healthy working environment and approaches to establish a healthy working environment of older employees and their impact on work engagement of older employees. The working environment that is not suitable and adapted for older employees presents a big challenge for Slovenian and other companies in which the work force is getting older. Hence, this paper develops a model of a healthy working environment for older employees, in which they could feel well because of its positive affect on their health.

Design/methodology/approach

The research method in this paper was the descriptive-correlative type. After a systematic review of literature, which relates to this topic, the authors used the compilation method. In addition to descriptive statistics, factor analysis and regression analysis were used in this paper.

Findings

Considering the demographic changes and active ageing in the workplace, age diversity of employees has to become a part of the general strategy of a company to ensure equality and diversity. Adequate working conditions, which should exist in every company, contribute to the improvement of healthy working environment for older employees and their work-engagement. This paper presents that approaches to establish a healthy working environment of older employees have a positive impact on work-engagement of older employees.

Practical implications

The stated findings will help companies to better understand and manage their older employees and the importance of establishing a healthy working environment for older employees with which the work-engagement of older employees can be improved. Socially responsible behavior benefits all in this way, too.

Originality/value

This paper is based on forming a research model for creating a healthy working environment for older employees as a part of social responsibility. The main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of establishment of a healthy working environment for older employees on the work engagement of older employees in Slovenia.

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Citation

Rožman, M., Treven, S., Mulej, M. and Čančer, V. (2019), "Creating a healthy working environment for older employees as part of social responsibility", Kybernetes, Vol. 48 No. 5, pp. 1045-1059. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-12-2017-0483

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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