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| College students' perceptions of job demands, recommended retirement ages and age of optimal performance in selected occupations | | Author(s) | Paul E Panek, Sara Staats, Amanda Hiles |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 62, no 2, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 87-116 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Students ; Attitude ; Occupations ; Mental health [elderly] ; Conditions of employment ; Retirement age ; Cluster analysis ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Two studies were conducted that consider how individuals view older workers at different stages of their own working lives. In the first study, 100 American students (median age 19) rated 60 occupations on the amount of cognitive-intellectual, physical, sensory-perceptual, and perceptual-motor demands they perceived as required for successful performance in their particular occupation. Results of a cluster analysis determined four clusters of occupations on the basis of four demands. These clusters were described as high risk, professions, skilled trades, and white collar. Further, each of the four demands or dimensions (cognitive/intellectual, etc) were significantly different both between and within clusters. In the second study, participants were 199 students, of whom 100 rated the perceived retirement age, and the other 99 rated the optimal performance age for the 60 occupations in Study 1. Results indicated that age norms for perceived recommended retirement and perceived optimal performance age were differently correlated across the four clusters of occupations. Perceived retirement age and optimal performance age varied discriminably between occupational clusters. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060425201 A |
| Classmark | XN: DP: XM: D: WKA: G5A: 3YB: 7T |
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