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The age and job satisfaction relationship
— does its shape and strength still evade us? | | Author(s) | David Bernal, David Snyder, Michael McDaniel |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 53B, no 5, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp P287-P293 |
| Keywords | Job satisfaction ; Age group distribution statistics ; Statistical relations ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Many investigations have examined the relationship between age and job satisfaction. However, various types of relationships have been reported across studies: positive linear, negative linear, U-shaped, inverted U-shaped or inverted J-shaped, or no significant relations. Such conflicting results have left the true nature of the relationship unresolved. The present American study used a large national probability sample of 1,095 workers to investigate the shape and strength of the age-job satisfaction relationship. That is, age has failed to explain a substantial proportion of linear variance in the job satisfaction measure used. This indicates that age, as a chronological variable, is not a variable predictor of job satisfaction. Future research attempting to explain age differences in job satisfaction should instead focus its attention on other more pertinent psychological variables associated with the underlying ageing process. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010117202 A |
| Classmark | WL5: S6: 3YH: 7T |
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