Feeling Out of Place: Internalized Age Stereotypes Are Associated With Older Employees’ Sense of Belonging and Social Motivation

IF 2.7 2区 经济学 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
George E. Rahn, S. Martiny, Jana Nikitin
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Abstract

Older employees are not only confronted with subtle negative stereotypes about cognitive decline, but they also tend to internalize these negative stereotypes (i.e., they agree with the idea that intellectual performance declines in old age and they feel affected by this decline). Previous research has shown that internalizing negative age stereotypes has detrimental effects on work-related outcomes. Little is known about how internalized negative stereotypes shape older employees’ social emotions and social motivation. In the present research, we argue that older adults who internalize negative age stereotypes feel insecure about their belongingness in the workplace and this has negative motivational consequences. Four out of five studies and an aggregate analysis with a total of N = 1,306 older employees (age 50–76 years) supported this hypothesis. Internalized age stereotypes were negatively related to social approach motivation toward coworkers through reduced sense of belonging in the workplace and low positive affect. In addition, internalized age stereotypes were positively related to social avoidance motivation. Investigations of the causality of these relationships revealed mixed results. We discuss these findings from the perspective of socioemotional aging and the need to belong. In sum, the present research adds to knowledge on the role of internalized negative stereotypes for older employees’ social lives and, potentially, their success in the work domain.
感觉格格不入:内化的年龄刻板印象与年长员工的归属感和社会动机有关
年龄较大的员工不仅面临着关于认知能力下降的微妙的负面刻板印象,而且他们也倾向于将这些负面刻板印象内化(即,他们同意智力表现随着年龄的增长而下降的观点,并感到受到这种下降的影响)。先前的研究表明,内化负面的年龄刻板印象会对工作结果产生不利影响。对于内化的负面刻板印象如何影响年长员工的社会情绪和社会动机,我们知之甚少。在本研究中,我们认为内化负面年龄刻板印象的老年人对他们在工作场所的归属感感到不安全,这具有负面的激励后果。五项研究中的四项和对N = 1,306名老年员工(50-76岁)的汇总分析支持这一假设。内化的年龄刻板印象通过工作场所归属感的降低和低的积极情绪与同事的社会接近动机负相关。此外,内化年龄刻板印象与社会回避动机正相关。对这些关系的因果关系的调查揭示了不同的结果。我们从社会情绪老化和归属需求的角度来讨论这些发现。总之,目前的研究增加了对内化负面刻板印象在老年员工的社会生活中的作用的认识,并可能影响他们在工作领域的成功。
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