Supervisors are confronted with the challenge to support the employability of rapidly aging teams. Drawing on structuration theory, two studies construct and test a conceptual model of how structures (rules and resources) constraining supervisors’ communication with older workers impede older workers’ job performance and access to promotion. A set of constraining structures was qualitatively identified through in-depth interviews and subsequently quantified in a survey. The results reveal a set of constraining structures that obstruct supervisors’ conversations with older workers and consequently hinder employability outcomes. If older workers are to take advantage of national and organizational policies and resources aimed at improving their employability, these constraining structures should be targeted.

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阻碍机会：限制主管与老年工人沟通的结构的内容和后果

主管面临着支持快速老龄化团队的就业能力的挑战。借鉴结构化理论，两项研究构建并测试了一个概念模型，说明结构（规则和资源）如何限制主管与老年工人的沟通，阻碍老年工人的工作绩效和晋升机会。通过深入访谈定性地确定了一组约束结构，并随后在调查中进行了量化。结果揭示了一系列限制结构，这些结构阻碍了主管与年长工人的对话，从而阻碍了就业能力的产生。如果老年工人要利用旨在提高其就业能力的国家和组织政策和资源，则应针对这些限制结构。