Attitudes of employees and employers towards older workers in a climate of anti-discrimination


Autoria(s): Steinberg, M.; Donald, K.; Najman, Jackob M.; Skerman, Helen M.
Data(s)

01/11/1996

Resumo

Attitudes and practices towards older workers were surveyed in Brisbane with 525 employees randomly sampled from the electoral roll and executives of 104 companies obtained by stratified random sampling from the Register of Workplaces (response rates, 60% and 80% respectively). The results indicated that “older workers” are young in terms of contemporary life expectancy, and younger for employers than employees; they have some desirable personal qualities (eg. loyalty), but are not perceived as adaptable; workers aged 25–39 were preferred on qualities held to be important in the workplace and there was minimal interest in recruiting anyone over 45 years.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/47452/

Publicador

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia

Relação

DOI:10.1111/j.1741-6612.1996.tb00019.x

Steinberg, M., Donald, K., Najman, Jackob M., & Skerman, Helen M. (1996) Attitudes of employees and employers towards older workers in a climate of anti-discrimination. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 15(4), pp. 154-158.

Fonte

Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Nursing

Tipo

Journal Article