Overlooked No More: Managing Talent of Older Workers

Call for Papers

Overlooked No More: Managing Talent of Older Workers

Journal: The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Submission window: 17 June 2026 – 15 July 2026

Deadline: 15 July 2026

This special issue focuses on how organizations can attract, develop, retain, and deploy talented older workers in age-diverse workforces. It frames older employees as valuable contributors with advanced knowledge, strategic insight, leadership potential, and mentoring capabilities, while also addressing the persistence of age bias and exclusion in talent management.

The call emphasizes that aging is a major global trend and that labor shortages make the effective management of older workers increasingly important. It also notes that talent management scholarship has largely centered on younger workers, leaving a gap that this special issue aims to address through cross-cultural, multinational, and policy-relevant research.

Special Issue Editors

• Vlad Vaiman, California Lutheran University, USA.

• Ksenia Usanova, University College Dublin, Ireland.

• Foteini Kravariti, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.

• Hugh Scullion, Hull University, UK.

Scope

The special issue welcomes qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, conceptual, and review papers. It is especially interested in work on age-inclusive talent strategies, employer branding for older professionals, reskilling and upskilling, intergenerational knowledge transfer, flexible work, retirement transitions, digital transformation, leadership development, and the effects of age diversity on innovation and organizational learning.

Submission details

Manuscripts must follow the journal’s author guidelines and will be reviewed through a double-blind process. Authors should clearly indicate that the paper is intended for this special issue when submitting.

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