Conference proceeding
A Shield Against Ageism: Self-Affirmation Mitigates the Negative Effects of Age Discrimination
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2024(1), pp.1-6
08/2024
DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.295bp
Abstract
Although an increasingly age-diverse workforce offers many potential advantages for organizations, it also presents unique challenges. Namely, bringing together people of different ages produces an environment ripe for age-based discrimination. In this study, we integrate a stress perspective of discrimination with self-affirmation theory to propose the effectiveness of a brief personal values affirmation for mitigating the effect of age discrimination on threat appraisals. In turn, we expect this intervention to reduce the indirect effects of age discrimination on somatic complaints and emotional exhaustion as mediated by threat appraisals. We find support for our predictions using two, multi-wave field experiments among full-time employees. Our findings have implications for managing experiences of ageism in organizations and complement existing techniques to reduce the adverse effects of this pernicious form of mistreatment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Shield Against Ageism: Self-Affirmation Mitigates the Negative Effects of Age Discrimination
- Creators
- Trevor Spoelma - University of New MexicoLisa Marchiondo - University of New Mexico
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2024(1), pp.1-6
- DOI
- 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.295bp
- eISSN
- 2151-6561
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2024
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984936838602771
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