Succesful Aging at Work

As the context of work and the age composition of the workforce are changing, this raises several issues to the work capacity and participation of the older age groups in the workforce. With the growth of positive psychology researchers have begun to focus not only on the problems that mature workers encounter in the workplace, such as cognitive loss and discrimination deriving from stereotypes, but also on the potential strengths and resources. Despite the attention paid to this subject, there are still unresolved issues concerning factors and processes that contribute to enhance/inhibit older workers’ well-being at work. According to this, this thesis presented two studies, aimed to understand the role of relevant antecedents and outcomes of older workers’ well-being at work.