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EURAM 17th Annual Conference – Glasgow, June 24-27, 2017
http://euramonline.org/annual-conference-2017.html
Call for papers: Demographic challenges for management (T09_06 )

Deadline for paper submission - 10 January 2017 (2 pm Belgian time)

Track chairs:

Emma Parry, Cranfield University

Ilona Buciuniene, University of Management and Economics, Lithuania

Leda Panayotopoulou, Athens University of Economics & Business

Eleanna Galanaki, Athens University of Economics & Business

Topic Description:

The global workforce composition has been altering over the last century. More women have entered the labor market, different professions have emerged (OECD, 2013) and higher average education attainment levels were achieved (OECD, 2014b), while working life and careers are extending (Armstrong-Stassen, 2008) as the result of longer life expectancy and better health levels (OECD, 2014a), leading to a cohabitation of multiple age cohorts (generations) in the workplace arena. Concurrently, geographical shifts of populations (ex. refugees and immigrants) have known a sharp rise recently, affecting both labor supply and demand (Newman et al., 2016). These changes in the workforce composition are affecting the way in which businesses operate and are run in multiple ways.
The proposed track invites articles that focus on any of the following or other demographic challenges:

• Extension of working lives and careers, resulting attitudes and stereotypes (Ng and Feldman, 2012)
• Heightened education level attainment
• Cohabitation of multiple generations in the workplace (Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millenials) and entrance of the youngest cohorts (Millenials and Generation Z), stereotypes and attitudes towards diverse generation groups
• Geographical mobility of workforce (refugee and immigrant streams)

and address any of the following aspects of employment:

• Employee staffing and retention
• Employee Rewards and motivation
• Employee training & development
• Strategic Planning
• Job Design
• Organizational and societal culture
• Leadership Development
• Inclusion
• Teams and networks
• Communication and collaboration; conflict

Empirical papers using either quantitative or qualitative methods, case studies, or theoretical papers will be considered.

ARMSTRONG-STASSEN, M. 2008. Organizational practices and post-retirement employment experience of older workers. Human Resource Management Journal, 18, 36-53.
NEWMAN, A., BIMROSE, J., NIELSEN, I. & ZACHER, H. 2016. Special Issue: Vocational Behavior of Refugees: How do Refugees Seek Employment, Overcome Work-Related Challenges, and Navigate their Careers? Journal of Vocational Behavior.
NG, T. W. H. & FELDMAN, D. C. 2012. Evaluating six common stereotypes about older workers with meta-analytical data. Personnel Psychology, 65, 821-858.
OECD 2013. OECD Labour Force Statistics, 2003-2012.
OECD 2014a. Ageing and Employment Policies. OECD Publishing.
OECD 2014b. Educational attainment. OECD Factbook 2014: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics. OECD Publishing."