THE RELATIONSHIPS OF AGE WITH JOB ATTITUDES: A META-ANALYSIS
基于800多篇文章的元分析，研究了实际年龄与35种工作态度的关系，发现年龄与积极态度呈弱到中等强度的正相关，且组织任期、种族、性别、教育水平和出版年份会调节这种关系。
Although organizational research on age has largely focused on the age–performance relationship, the relationships between age and job attitudes have received less attention. Guided by socioemotional selectivity theory, this paper provides a comprehensive meta-analysis of the relationships of chronological age with the 35 job attitudes most frequently studied as its correlates. Results of meta-analyses from more than 800 articles indicate that the relationships between chronological age and favorable attitudes (and/or to less unfavorable attitudes) toward work tasks, colleagues and supervisors, and organizations are generally significant and weak to moderate in strength. Moderator analyses also revealed that organizational tenure, race, gender, education level, and publication year of study moderate the relationships between age and job attitudes. Based on these findings, we make recommendations for future theory development and empirical research on age in organizational settings. We also discuss the implications of our findings for practice.