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Everyday discrimination in the work place, job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing
— age differences and moderating variables | | Author(s) | Philip Taylor, Christopher Mcloughlin, Denny Meyer, Elizabeth Brooke |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 33, no 7, October 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, October 2013 |
| Pages | pp 1105-1138 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Employees ; Age groups [elderly] ; Older men ; Older women ; Ageism ; Job satisfaction ; Well being ; Australia. |
| Annotation | This article explores the importance of `everyday discrimination' and other psycho-social variables for psychological wellbeing in the context of the workplace, considering differences according to age, gender and socio-economic position. Using employee survey data collected within Australian organisations the study looks at a statistically reliable model of the relationship between aspects of the psycho-social work environment, psychological wellbeing and job satisfaction. The employee survey was carried out in two phases during mid-2007 and mid-2008 in a national representative sample of Australian organisations. Structural Equation Modelling was used to configure a model including psycho-social factors: respect, support, training, job insecurity and personally meaningful work. Everyday discrimination and consultation with supervisor were considered in terms of their direct effect on psychological wellbeing and job satisfaction and their indirect effect via the psycho-social factors enumerated above. Importantly, this generalised model attempts to describe the interrelations of these factors effectively for various age groups, gender and socio-economic position. The study identifies age, gender and socio-economic differences in the strength and relative importance of these relationships. A further validation study with an independent sample will be required to verify the model proposed in this article. The implications for the design of workplace interventions concerned with age discrimination are discussed. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130920200 A |
| Classmark | GC: WK: BB: BC: BD: B:TOB: WL5: D:F:5HH: 7YA |
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