Knowledge of, and attitudes towards, the demographic time bomb: a survey of its impact on graduate recruitment in the UK

Reviews the data on changing demographic trends and predictions about their implications for human resource management (HRM) practices in the 1990s. Reports the results of a survey of 176 senior managers/personnel specialists, which assessed their knowledge of the demographic trends, and their attit...

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Published in:International journal of manpower 1995-01, Vol.16 (8), p.59-76
Main Authors: Hodgkinson, Gerard P, Dale, Nigel, Payne, Roy L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bureaucracy
Decision making
Demographic change
Demographics
Design
Employees
Employment
Executives
Factors
Graduates
Higher education
Human resource management
Information technology
Investments
Labor market
Organizational change
Polls & surveys
Questionnaires
Recruitment
Retention
Statistical data
Strategic business units
Trends
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Summary:Reviews the data on changing demographic trends and predictions about their implications for human resource management (HRM) practices in the 1990s. Reports the results of a survey of 176 senior managers/personnel specialists, which assessed their knowledge of the demographic trends, and their attitudes to HRM practices which are claimed to alleviate the effects of these trends. The results reveal a considerable degree of ignorance about the nature of the demographic trends, and varying attitudes towards the importance of the practices associated with their alleviation.
ISSN:0143-7720
1758-6577
DOI:10.1108/01437729510100794