Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: ehps.net/ehp The European Health Psychologist In recent years, several European governments have introduced policies to improve older employees’ employability and ban age discrimination from the workplace. Notwithstanding these efforts, ageism continues to be a black spot on Europe’s labor market (Abrams, Russell, Vauclair, & Swift, 2011). As workforces worldwide grow older, the number of older employees that are susceptible to the psychosocial stressors of age stereotypes (AS) and discrimination will increase significantly. Despite this, few systematic attempts have been made to combat AS in the workplace (e.g., Paluck & Green, 2009; Posthuma & Campion, 2009). This paper argues that there is a clear need for theoryand evidence-based strategies to design, implement and evaluate interventions aimed at reducing AS in the workplace. Taking a step in that direction, recommendations for AS reduction interventions in the workplace are presented.
Author: Anne C. Kroon
Institution: University of Amsterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1954913632