KNOWLEDGE OF, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS, THE DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB - A SURVEY OF ITS IMPACT ON GRADUATE RECRUITMENT IN THE UK

Authors
HODGKINSON GP DALEY N PAYNE RL
Citation
Gp. Hodgkinson et al., KNOWLEDGE OF, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS, THE DEMOGRAPHIC TIME BOMB - A SURVEY OF ITS IMPACT ON GRADUATE RECRUITMENT IN THE UK, International journal of manpower, 16(8), 1995, pp. 59
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Management
Journal title
International journal of manpower → ACNP
ISSN journal
01437720
Volume
16
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0143-7720(1995)16:8<59:KOAATT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Demographics, Human resource management Reviews the data on changing d emographic trends and predictions about their implications for human r esource management (HRM) practices in the 1990s. Reports the results o f a survey of 176 senior managers/personnel specialists, which assesse d their knowledge of the demographic trends, and their attitudes to HR M practices which are claimed to alleviate the effects of these trends . The results reveal a considerable degree of ignorance about the natu re of the demographic trends, and varying attitudes towards the import ance of the practices associated with their alleviation.