Relationship Between Age and Promotion Orientation Depends on Perceived Older Worker Stereotypes
Relationship Between Age and Promotion Orientation Depends on Perceived Older Worker Stereotypes
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbs060
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Staudinger, Ursula M.
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作者：
Bowen, Catherine E.;Staudinger, Ursula M.
目标。研究一致表明，实足年龄与晋升取向，即接近可能收益的动机取向之间存在负相关关系。此外，实验研究表明，激活积极的自我相关刻板印象（例如，对于男性来说，男性擅长数学的刻板印象）可以刺激晋升倾向的增加。将本研究整合并应用到工作情境中，我们假设年龄与晋升倾向之间的关系取决于员工在工作情境中对年长员工刻板印象的感知，因此当个人感知到更积极的年长员工刻板印象时，年龄与晋升倾向之间不存在负向关系。我们分析了年龄、年长员工刻板印象（POWS）和晋升倾向之间的关系，样本为年龄19-64岁的在职成年人（N = 337）。结果显示，战俘相互作用对年龄有显著影响，当战俘不太积极时，年龄与晋升倾向呈负相关。然而，当战俘更积极时，年龄与晋升倾向之间没有关系。结果表明，年龄与晋升倾向之间的负相关关系取决于战俘等情境因素。
Objectives. Research has consistently revealed a negative relationship between chronological age and promotion orientation, that is, the motivational orientation toward approaching possible gains. In addition, experimental research has demonstrated that activating positive self-relevant stereotypes (e.g., for men, the stereotype that men are good at math) can stimulate increases in promotion orientation. Integrating and applying this research to the work context, we hypothesized that the relationship between age and promotion orientation would depend on employees' perceptions of the stereotype of older workers in their work context, such that there would be no negative relationship between age and promotion orientation when individuals perceive a more positive older worker stereotype.Method. We analyzed the relationships between age, perceived older worker stereotype (POWS), and promotion orientation using a sample of working adults (N = 337) aged 19-64 years.Results. Results revealed a significant age by POWS interaction such that there was a negative relationship between age and promotion orientation when POWS was less positive. However, there was no relationship between age and promotion orientation when POWS was more positive.Discussion. Results suggest that the negative relationship between age and promotion orientation depends on contextual factors such as POWS.