Age diversity practices through an OD approach. Interventions in Belgian organizations

Abstract

People need to work longer. Belgian legal regulations do not stimulate people to work longer. This will change in the future. Organizations will have to keep their workforce until the age of 60 to 65 instead of to 50 or 55. A (pro-)active change in mindset and behaviour of management, HR, workers, unions thus of all stakeholders of the organization is needed. How can we, by using an OD approach (OD), initiate and install a dynamic to make that the different parties, HR, management, workers and unions, invent and experiment age diversity HR-practices? Our theoretical framework and two pilot projects are discussed.