Abstract Background and Purpose: While the world population is aging, the aim of this study is to bring new knowledge into age management research by investigating the most important factors that encourage older employees to remain in the labour market longer, also after meeting the official retirement age, based on an in-depth qualitative case study of the high-end luxury fashion designer with more than 50 years of working experience. Design/Methodology/Approach: We conducted an inductive case study in fashion industry. Specifically, our case study is build based on the content analysis of secondary data as well as an in-depth interview with the general manager in the fashion and high-end luxury industry in Slovenia. Results: The proposed conceptual model shows key facets, as assigned overarching categories, namely-vitality, intrinsic motivation, adapting, lifelong learning, and positive emotions and therefore contributes to the age management phenomena. Within the presented case study, we found out that the selected facets are the most important factors for the encouragement to remain in the labor market and to ensure flexible retirement processes in dealing with the challenges of an aging population and workforce. Conclusion: Our study contributes to the theory and practice of age management by narrowing our focus on the best practice from selected high-end luxury fashion industry designer in Slovenia. What can we learn from high-end luxury fashion designer with more than 50 years of working experience? As the presented case study cannot be generalized to population, the presented case contributes to the field of age management and empowers people to rethink and stay active after meeting the official retirement age.

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年龄管理：我们可以从拥有超过50年工作经验的高端奢侈品时装设计师那里学到什么？

摘要背景与目的：在世界人口老龄化的同时，本研究的目的是通过调查鼓励年龄较大的雇员（在达到正式退休年龄之后）留在劳动力市场中的最重要因素，将新知识带入年龄管理研究。年龄，基于对具有50多年工作经验的高端奢侈品时装设计师的定性案例研究。设计/方法论/方法：我们在时装界进行了归纳式案例研究。具体而言，我们的案例研究基于对二手数据的内容分析以及对斯洛文尼亚时尚和高端奢侈品行业总经理的深入采访而建立。结果：拟议的概念模型显示了关键方面，并分配了总体类别，即活力，内在动机，适应能力，终身学习和积极情绪，因此有助于年龄管理现象。在提出的案例研究中，我们发现所选方面是鼓励继续留在劳动力市场并确保灵活的退休流程以应对人口老龄化和劳动力挑战的最重要因素。结论：我们的研究为年龄管理的理论和实践做出了贡献，使我们从斯洛文尼亚选定的高端奢侈品时装设计师的最佳实践中脱颖而出。我们可以从拥有50多年工作经验的高端奢侈品时装设计师那里学到什么？由于目前的案例研究无法推广到人群，