Die Einstellungen zur Leistungs-, Lern- und Anpassungsfähigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer/-innen und die subjektiv erlebte Diskriminierung - eine Untersuchung in Schweizer Unternehmen
Journal
Arbeit : Zeitschrift für Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik
ISSN
0941-5025
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2006
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the observed personnel practices of training participation in Switzerland and the attitudes towards older employees. A German version of the "Beliefs about older workers" questionnaire was applied in two organizations to cross check the known results from literature in a Swiss region. There were 154 subjects in the study. More favorable attitudes in comparison to other international studies were found. Supervisors as well as employees themselves do not think that older employees are less efficient workers or less efficient learners. Instead, more differentiating attitudes are shown: while the attitude towards the efficiency of working increases with age, attitudes towards the adaptability and trainability of older employees look more like a inverted u-shaped relationship.
Language
German
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Publisher
Lucius & Lucius Verl.-Ges.
Publisher place
Stuttgart
Volume
15
Number
1
Start page
3
End page
18
Pages
16
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
18336