Coopérations intergénérationnelles : Quels outils mobilisés pour quels objectifs ? Une analyse des accords et plans seniors en Bretagne

The new situation of contact between four generations in companies today as well as the legal requirement of maintenance in employment and recruitment of seniors impose the development of new practices of HR management aimed at the construction of intergenerational co-operations, the valorisation and the respect of each generation at work. A previous analysis proposed that a minority of companies (12.2 % of the companies studied) was aware of this new challenge. The study here consists, on the one hand, of identifying the tools for intergenerational co-operation used within these companies then, on the other hand, of identifying the ends sought through the use of these tools. The methodology is an analysis of the contents of 126 agreements and action plans for seniors. The results show that three tools for intergenerational co-operations are mobilized to reach three types of objectives: 1. The integration of the new generations; 2. The management and the transfer of competences between the generations and 3- the mobilization of all of the actors in the company.