Stereotype threat among older employees: relationship with job attitudes and turnover intentions
Abstract
Stereotype threat, or the belief that one may be the target of demeaning stereotypes, leads to acute performance decrements and reduced psychological well-being. The current research examined stereotype threat among older employees, a group that is the target of many negative stereotypes. Study 1 surveyed older workers in two different organizations regarding their experiences of stereotype threat, their job attitudes and work mental health, and their intentions to resign or retire. Across both samples, feelings of stereotype threat were related to more negative job attitudes and poorer work mental health. In turn, these negative job attitudes were associated with intentions to resign and (possibly) retire. In Study 2, younger and older employees were surveyed. The results indicated that only for older employees were feelings of stereotype threat negatively related to job attitudes, work mental health, and intentions to resign. The implications of these findings for understanding job attitudes and intentions among older workers are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).
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Older employees who make many meaningful contributions in their jobs should be more satisfied, as they successfully overcame the negative performance-related stereotypes held about their demographic group.
“By contrast, older employees who make many meaningful contributions in their jobs should be more satisfied, as they successfully overcame the negative performance-related stereotypes held about their demographic group (cf., Guillén & Kunze, 2019;Von Hippel, Kalokerinos, & Henry, 2013).”
From What satisfies younger versus older employees, and why? An aging perspective on equity theory to explain interactive effects of employee age, monetary rewards, and task contributions on job satisfaction (2020) · cites this paper as Von Hippel, Kalokerinos, & Henry, 2013
Many belongingness and motivational costs are undergirded by adverse effects of stereotype threat on self-confidence and job attitudes.
“Many of these belongingness and motivational costs are undergirded, in part, by the adverse effects of stereotype threat on self-confidence (Stangor, Carr, & Kiang, 1998) and job attitudes (von Hippel, Kalokerinos, & Henry, 2013).”
From Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016) · cites this paper as von Hippel, Kalokerinos, & Henry, 2013
Older workers have been shown to experience stereotype threat resulting in increased turnover intentions, lowered job satisfaction, and lowered well-being.
“For example, older workers have been shown to experience stereotype threat resulting in increased turnover intentions, lowered job satisfaction, and lowered well being (von Hippel, Kalokerinos, & Henry, 2013); however, no studies to date have looked at older women, or older women of color.”
From Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016) · cites this paper as von Hippel, Kalokerinos, & Henry, 2013
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- Authors
- von Hippel, C., Kalokerinos, E. K., & Henry, J. D.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Venue
- Psychology and Aging
- Published
- 2013-03
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-27
- ISSN
- 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1498
- OpenAlex
- W2048051772
- Cited by
- 182
- References
- 62
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- FWCI
- 20.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Seniors Productive Aging Centre
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- stereotype threat, older workers, employee attitudes, turnover intention, retirement intentions, age stereotypes
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aging, Attitude, Australia, Cross-Sectional Studies, Employment, Female, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Personal Satisfaction, Personnel Loyalty, Personnel Turnover, Stereotyping, United States, Young Adult
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