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Pillay, Hitendra; Kelly, Kathy; Tones, Megan – International Journal of Training and Development, 2006
Global challenges associated with the ageing workforce include lower levels of education and negative attitudes of older workers towards learning and covert age discrimination in the workplace. This report discusses initial findings from a survey of older workers employed in regional areas in Australia. The older workers surveyed were…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Negative Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Older Workers
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Warr, Peter; Birdi, Kamal – International Journal of Training and Development, 1998
A study of 1798 workers involved in tuition reimbursement, employee-development programs, staff-development centers, or keeping personal-development logs showed that older workers generally had less education and more limited learning motivation. Those who had participated in development activities were as positive about lifelong learning as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Lifelong Learning