Table of Contents

1. Research themes on age and work: Introduction to the Special Issue Donald M. Truxillo and Franco Fraccaroli 2. Goals and motivation related to work in later adulthood: An organizing framework Ruth Kanfer, Margaret E. Beier, and Phillip L. Ackerman 3. Antecedents and outcomes of targeting older applicants in recruitment Caren B. Goldberg, Elissa L. Perry, Lisa M. Finkelstein, and Amanda Shull 4. A lifespan perspective on psychological contracts and their relations with organizational commitment P. Matthijs Bal, Annet H. de Lange, Hannes Zacher, and Beatrice I. J. M. Van der Heijden 5. From ‘‘getting’’ to ‘‘giving’’: Exploring age-related differences in perceptions of and reactions to psychological contract balance Tim Vantilborgh, Jemima Bidee, Roland Pepermans, Jurgen Willems, Gert Huybrechts, and Marc Jegers 6. Differential effects of task variety and skill variety on burnout and turnover intentions for older and younger workers Sara Zaniboni, Donald M. Truxillo, and Franco Fraccaroli 7. Customer stressors in service organizations: The impact of age on stress management and burnout S. J. Johnson, L. Holdsworth, H. Hoel, and D. Zapf 8. Ageism at work: The impact of intergenerational contact and organizational multi-age perspective Caroline Iweins, Donatienne Desmette, Vincent Yzerbyt, and Florence Stinglhamber 9. Drivers of the expectation of remaining in the same job until retirement age: A working life span demands-resources model Susanne C. Liebermann, Jürgen Wegge, and Andreas Müller 10. Domain specific effects of commitment on bridge employment decisions: The moderating role of economic stress Yujie Zhan, Mo Wang, and Xiang Yao

About the Author

Donald Truxillo is a professor of Psychology at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. His research examines how to support workers across the worklife span through job redesign and reducing age stereotypes. His has published in leading organizational psychology journals.





Franco Fraccaroli is a professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at Trento University, Italy. He is Past President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology and Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. His research is devoted to the late career and transition to retirement and to psychosocial risks and quality of organizational life.