Organizational Conduct of the Aging Workforce in Pakistan

Abstract

The problem of aging workforce is a rising concern in the developed countries. We wanted to assess the magnitude of this problem in Pakistan. To do so literature survey was done but literature on this issue from underdeveloped countries could not be found. The literature from developed countries identifies this as a major concern. For Pakistan we conducted research survey involving companies of pharmaceutical industry based in Karachi. The findings confirmed our hypothesis that aging workforce is not a problem in Pakistan. The small percentage of aging workforce does not affect the industry performance in any way. The quality performance of aging workforce was found competitively better than their younger counterparts while in quantitative performance the younger employees were better. In contrast the aging workforce was found to act as mentor of their younger colleagues.