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Knowledge retention from older and retiring workers: What do we know, and where do we go from here?

Findings
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2015
  • Year Published
    2016
  • Quality Rating
    3/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Not reported (11); Canada (5); USA (4); New Zealand (2); Australia (1); Germany (1); Israel (1); Romania (1); South Africa (1); UAE (1); UK (1); UK (England) (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    WHO - African region<br />WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - Eastern Mediterranean region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
  • Country focus
    Not reported (11); Canada (5); USA (4); New Zealand (2); Australia (1); Germany (1); Israel (1); Romania (1); South Africa (1); UAE (1); UK (1); UK (England) (1)
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Description
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    System
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Employment
    Job training/retraining
    Sustainable Development Goals
    1. No poverty
    4. Quality education
    8. Decent work and economic growth
    17. Partnerships for the goals
  • Social system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    By whom services are provided
    System - Recruitment, retention & transitions
    Staff - Training
    Implementation strategies
    Organization-targeted strategy
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Burnmeister A, Deller J. Knowledge retention from older and retiring workers: what do we know, and where do we go from here? Work, Aging and Retirement. 2016;2(2):87-104.
  • DOI
    10.1093/workar/waw002

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