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Development and Evaluation of Working-Time Models for the Ageing Workforce: Lessons Learned from the KRONOS Research Project

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German companies need to develop strategies to maintain the work ability and health of their ageing workforces to the retirement age of 67. Next to a variety of fields like management, qualification, work organisation, and health promotion, working-time designs that meet the requirements of ageing workers in their various life phases are of particular importance.

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Acknowledgments

The “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft” (DFG) has supported the research project SPP 1184, GZKN 170/8-1. We owe special thanks to our colleagues PD Dr. Sonia Hornberger, Dr. Patrick C. Gauderer, Dr. Matthias Rott, and Dr. Christine Watrinet, who helped us to realize many subprojects. We would also like to thank almost 2000 workers and other representatives of the involved companies, who participated in the studies or organised e.g. meetings, interviews, questionnaire studies, workshops and medical examinations.

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  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (formerly Karlsruhe University), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Peter Knauth

  2. Communal Policies of Employment, Jobcenter Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Dorothee Karl

  3. Corporate Center of Human Resources, ThyssenKrupp AG, Essen, Germany

    Kathrin Gimpel

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Knauth, P., Karl, D., Gimpel, K. (2013). Development and Evaluation of Working-Time Models for the Ageing Workforce: Lessons Learned from the KRONOS Research Project. In: Schlick, C., Frieling, E., Wegge, J. (eds) Age-Differentiated Work Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35057-3_3

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