@article{SchermulyDellerBuesch2014, author = {Schermuly, Carsten C. and Deller, J{\"u}rgen and B{\"u}sch, Victoria}, title = {A research note on age discrimination and the desire to retire: the mediating effect of psychological empowerment}, series = {Research on Aging}, volume = {36}, journal = {Research on Aging}, number = {3}, pages = {382 -- 393}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Age discrimination is a common problem in organizations. In our pilot study, we want to explore the processes how the desired retirement age is influenced by age discrimination and see psychological empowerment as an important mediator for the relationship between these variables. Data stem from an online questionnaire completed by 130 employees from different organizations in Germany (all 50 years or older). Our results show that age discrimination is an antecedent for the desired retirement age. It has a direct as well as an indirect (via psychological empowerment) effect on the desired retirement age.}, language = {en} } @article{BueschDahlDittrich2009, author = {B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Dahl, Svenn-Aage and Dittrich, Dennis}, title = {An Empirical Study of Age Discrimination in Norway and Germany}, series = {Applied Economics}, volume = {41}, journal = {Applied Economics}, number = {5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-8723}, pages = {633 -- 651}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Using a questionnaire and a sample of students and personnel managers we establish the existence of age discrimination in the hiring process in Germany and Norway. As expected, age discrimination is more prominent in Germany where the hiring probability of equally qualified applicants is reduced by about 22 percentage points due to an age differential of 14 years as opposed to only 12 percentage points in Norway. Within both countries the tendency to discriminate does not differ between students and personnel managers and does not depend on the age of the decision maker.}, language = {en} } @article{BueschDittrichKoenigstein2009, author = {B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Dittrich, Dennis A. V. and K{\"o}nigstein, Manfred}, title = {Hiring Chances are Bad for Older Workers}, series = {Management Online Review}, journal = {Management Online Review}, year = {2009}, abstract = {It is often claimed that work opportunities decline with age, that hiring chances of older persons are poor. We investigate this by collecting questionnaire responses from personnel managers of German manufacturing firms, eliciting a hypothetical hiring decision based on three fictitious candidates. We rely on an age-neutral job and a small age-gap of 14 years between the youngest and the oldest candidate. The quasi-experimental design of the questionnaire allows us to control for possible productivity differences and other economic explanations for declining hiring chances. The data show a 60 percentage point difference in hiring probabilities between the youngest and oldest candidate.}, language = {en} } @misc{BueschBruschAnte2012, author = {B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Brusch, Michael and Ante, Arta}, title = {Extending working life in Germany: the employees' perspective}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-9206}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Keine Angabe No details}, language = {en} } @incollection{MergenthalerSackreutherMicheeletal.2014, author = {Mergenthaler, Andreas and Sackreuther, Ines and Micheel, Frank and B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Deller, J{\"u}rgen and Staudinger, Ursula M. and Schneider, Norbert}, title = {{\"U}berg{\"a}nge, Lebenspl{\"a}ne und Potenziale der 55- 70-J{\"a}hrigen: zwischen individueller Vielfalt, kulturellem Wandel und sozialen Disparit{\"a}ten}, series = {Mittendrin?: Lebenspl{\"a}ne und Potenziale {\"a}lterer Menschen beim {\"U}bergang in den Ruhestand}, booktitle = {Mittendrin?: Lebenspl{\"a}ne und Potenziale {\"a}lterer Menschen beim {\"U}bergang in den Ruhestand}, editor = {Schneider, Norbert, F. and Mergenthaler, Andreas and Staudinger, Ursula M. and Sackreuther, Ines}, publisher = {Barbara Budrich}, address = {Opladen [u.a.]}, publisher = {SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences}, pages = {15 -- 46}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Ziel dieses Beitrags ist, den Diskurs {\"u}ber die gesellschaftlichen Potenziale einer alternden Bev{\"o}lkerung um den Aspekt der Vielfalt von Lebenslagen und -pl{\"a}nen beim {\"U}bergang in den Ruhestand zu erweitern. Untersuchungen zur Erwerbst{\"a}tigkeit und zum Engagement im zivilgesellschaftlichen und familialen Bereich zeigen einerseits ein relatives hohes T{\"a}tigkeitsniveau der 55- bis 70-J{\"a}hrigen in Deutschland. Andererseits ist diesbez{\"u}glich eine starke Variabilit{\"a}t zwischen Individuen und sozialen Gruppen zu beobachten. Neben der wachsenden Unbestimmtheit der {\"U}bergangsphase vom Erwerbsleben in den Ruhestand beeinflussen die sozial ungleiche Chancenverteilung im Lebenslauf die Potenziale {\"a}lterer Menschen. In diesem Zusammenhang wird der Potenzialbegriff als Bestandteil von Alternsstilen in einer differenzierten Form betrachtet: neben produktiven T{\"a}tigkeiten (Erwerbsarbeit, b{\"u}rgerschaftliches Engagement und familiale Unterst{\"u}tzung), sind das „Wollen", d. h. die Absichten, Einstellungen und Pl{\"a}ne sowie das „K{\"o}nnen", das Humankapital und Gelegenheitsstrukturen umfasst, grundlegende Dimensionen. Innerhalb dieser Bereiche und der sich daraus ergebenden gruppenspezifischen Muster sind die Rahmenbedingungen f{\"u}r eine Realisierung von Potenzialen {\"a}lterer Menschen unterschiedlich verteilt, was zu einer Gleichzeitigkeit von Kompetenzen und Defiziten, von „produktivem" und „konsumtivem" Alter f{\"u}hren kann. Der Beitrag schließt mit einer kurzen Darstellung der Studie „Transitions and Old Age Potential (TOP)" und deren forschungsleitenden Fragestellungen, die den empirischen Kapiteln dieses Bandes zugrunde liegt.}, language = {de} } @incollection{BueschBurgerMenzel2014, author = {B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Burger-Menzel, Bettina}, title = {Staatliche F{\"o}rderung von Kreativit{\"a}tspotenzialen in einer alternden Gesellschaft?}, series = {Das Publicness-Puzzle: {\"o}ffentliche Aufgabenerf{\"u}llung zwischen Staat und Markt}, booktitle = {Das Publicness-Puzzle: {\"o}ffentliche Aufgabenerf{\"u}llung zwischen Staat und Markt}, editor = {Knoke, Martin and Merk, Joachim and Schneider-Pf{\"o}hler, Mirjam and Spraul, Katharina}, publisher = {Jacobs}, address = {Lage}, publisher = {SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences}, pages = {67 -- 76}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Keine Angabe No details}, language = {de} } @incollection{BueschSaller2014, author = {B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Saller, Anja}, title = {Die strategische Rolle des Gesundheitsmanagements f{\"u}r die lebensphasenorientierte Personalpolitik}, series = {Gesundheits- und Demographiemanagement: den demographischen Wandel im Betrieb gesund gestalten}, booktitle = {Gesundheits- und Demographiemanagement: den demographischen Wandel im Betrieb gesund gestalten}, publisher = {Fachverl. NW im Carl-Sch{\"u}nemann-Verl.}, address = {Bremen}, publisher = {SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences}, pages = {17 -- 24}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Keine Angabe No details}, language = {de} } @article{SchermulyBueschGrassmann2017, author = {Schermuly, Carsten C. and B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Graßmann, Carolin}, title = {Psychological empowerment, psychological and physical strain and the desired retirement age}, series = {Personnel Review}, volume = {46}, journal = {Personnel Review}, number = {5}, pages = {950 -- 969}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This paper shows that psychological and physical strain mediates the relationship between psychological empowerment and the desired retirement age (DRA), and German employees' age, net income and organizational size is found to significantly affect the DRA.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SchermulyBueschBruschetal.2013, author = {Schermuly, Carsten C. and B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Brusch, Michael and Deller, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Expectation, motivation and willingness to prolong working life of German workers}, series = {16th QMOD-ICQSS Proceedings Quality Management and Organizational Development Conference, Maribor}, booktitle = {16th QMOD-ICQSS Proceedings Quality Management and Organizational Development Conference, Maribor}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-4201}, pages = {253 -- 264}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Keine Angabe - No details}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BruschBuesch2012, author = {Brusch, Michael and B{\"u}sch, Victoria}, title = {The Role of Job related Factors to Prolong Working Life: An Analysis for the German Labour Market}, series = {Proceedings of the 15th QMOD Conference on Quality and Service Sciences}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th QMOD Conference on Quality and Service Sciences}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-2690}, pages = {272 -- 281}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Labour markets and companies in some developed countries have to consider general demographic changes. While the group of elderly workers grows, their sustainment will become more important in future (e.g. H{\"o}hn et al. 2008; Dittrich et al. 2011). Especially in combination with an ageing population and a later entrance into the labour market a future shortfall of active workers can be assumed. Germany - as one example of such countries - has only a limited number of options that policy makers and companies can use in the coming decades. One of these is the increased use of the three growing segments in the population: older people, immigrants and an increased participation of women in the labour market. This study focuses the first segment as a potential work force. When promoting that a higher employment rate of older workers can be considered as serious alternative for dealing with the current shortfall of skilled labour force, the motivation of these workers has to be investigated. The works of Alavinia et al. (2007) and Wang, Shultz (2010), which discuss factors influencing the decision to prolong the working age, can be used as starting point. In this context, we analyse the German labour market as an example for a developed country. For the analysis, we use a representative data set of the Federal Institute for Population Research of Germany from published in2008. Here, 1,500 employees (blue collar workers, white collar workers, civil servants) aged between 55 and 64 years were asked about their work situation, motivation and related factors (e.g. further education, job rewards; B{\"u}sch et al. 2010). During the data analysis we identify groups of elderly workers using cluster analysis (e.g. Cormack 1971) to develop recommendations for companies. By using existing work motivation and related findings, as well as a representative empirical data set, our study reveals a possibility to identify, classify, and enhance the motivation of workers at the end of their career. This is necessary to keep the quality of goods and service production at an appropriate level. The value of the paper comes from the large number of respondents of the data set and the high relevance of the German situation for other developed countries. At the end, powerful recommendations for companies how to involve and motivate elderly workers for longer periods of employment can be derived.}, language = {en} }