Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy LMX and subjective age as moderators

Väestön ikääntyminen on globaali trendi, joka korostaa organisaatioiden johdon tärkeyttä ikääntyvien työntekijöiden työkyvyn ja -motivaation ylläpitämisessä. Ammatillinen minäpystyvyys on yhteydessä moniin myönteisiin organisatorisiin ja yksilöllisiin seurauksiin tehden siitä tärkeän tutkimusaiheen....

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Main Author: Liimatainen, Saara
Other Authors: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
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Published: 2023
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description Väestön ikääntyminen on globaali trendi, joka korostaa organisaatioiden johdon tärkeyttä ikääntyvien työntekijöiden työkyvyn ja -motivaation ylläpitämisessä. Ammatillinen minäpystyvyys on yhteydessä moniin myönteisiin organisatorisiin ja yksilöllisiin seurauksiin tehden siitä tärkeän tutkimusaiheen. Ikääntyviin työntekijöihin liitetään kuitenkin useita stereotypioita, joilla on havaittu olevan monia kielteisiä vaikutuksia yksilö- ja organisaatiotasoilla. Ikästereotypiat ovat laajasti tutkittu aihe, kun taas ikämetastereotypiat eli se, mitä ikääntyvät työntekijät uskovat muiden ajattelevan heistä, on harvemmin tutkittu näkökulma (Finkelstein, King & Voyles, 2015). Tämä tutkimus tarkastelee positiivisten ja negatiivisten ikämetastereotypioiden yhteyttä ikääntyvien työntekijöiden ammatilliseen minäpystyvyyteen. Lisäksi tutkitaan subjektiivisen iän ja LMX:n roolia tässä dynamiikassa. Ikämetastereotypioiden aktivointimalliin, itsekategorisoinnin teoriaan, stereotype embodiment- teoriaan sekä LMX-teoriaan tukeutuen positiivisten ikämetastereotypioiden odotetaan olevan positiivisesti yhteydessä ikääntyvien työntekijöiden minäpystyvyyteen, kun taas negatiivisten ikämetastereotypioiden ja minäpystyvyyden yhteys on vastakkainen. Subjektiivisen iän odotetaan vahvistavan näitä yhteyksiä, kun taas LMX:n odotetaan vahvistavan positiivista suhdetta ja heikentävän negatiivista suhdetta. Tutkimus toteutettiin kyselytutkimuksena, ja aineisto kerättiin seurakunta-alalla toimivan suomalaisen kohdeorganisaation 50-vuotiailta ja sitä vanhemmilta jäseniltä. Tulokset osoittivat negatiivisten ikämetastereotypioiden olevan negatiivisesti yhteydessä ikääntyvien työntekijöiden ammatillisen minäpystyvyyteen, kun taas positiivisilla metastereotypioilla yhteyttä ei ollut. Korkeamman subjektiivisen iän havaittiin olevan yhteydessä heikompaan minäpystyvyyteen, mutta moderoivaa vaikutusta subjektiiviselta iältä ei löytynyt. LMX ei ollut yhteydessä ikämetastereotypioihin tai minäpystyvyyteen. Negatiivisten metastereotypioiden osalta tulokset ovat yhtenäisiä aiemman tutkimuksen kanssa, mutta tulosten voidaan nähdä kyseenalaistavan positiivisten stereotypioiden hyödyllisyyden. Lisäksi tulokset havainnollistavat subjektiivisen ikääntymisen merkitystä. The global trend of an aging society highlights the importance for management to maintain the abilities and motivation of older workers to continue working. Occupational self-efficacy of older workers has been connected to various favorable organizational and individual outcomes, making it an important research topic. However, older workers are often associated with a plethora of stereotypes, which have been shown to be related to various negative organizational outcomes. While the effects of age stereotypes are widely studied, age metastereotypes, i.e., what older workers think others to believe about them, is a perspective that is often overlooked (Finkelstein, King & Voyles, 2015). This study aims to explore how positive and negative age metastereotypes relate to the occupational self-efficacy of older workers. Additionally, the roles of subjective age and LMX in this dynamic are considered. Building on the age metastereotype activation model, self-categorization theory, stereotype embodiment theory and LMX theory it is hypothesized that positive age metastereotypes are positively related to occupational self-efficacy of older workers while negative age metastereotypes and self-efficacy is negatively related. A higher subjective age is expected to strengthen these relationships meanwhile LMX is expected to strengthen the positive relationship and weaken the negative relationship. The study was conducted as a survey study and the data was collected from a target organization that operates in the religious organizations industry in Finland. The online questionnaire was sent to members of the target organization aged 50 or older. The results showed that negative age metastereotypes were negatively associated with occupational self-efficacy of older workers while association between positive metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy was not found. Higher subjective age was associated with weaker occupational self-efficacy but did not moderate the relationship between metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy. LMX was not found to be associated with age metastereotypes or occupational self-efficacy. These results offer support to the existing literature regarding negative stereotypes but question the usefulness of positive stereotypes in an organizational context. Moreover, the findings demonstrate the importance of subjective experiences of ageing at work.
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title Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy : LMX and subjective age as moderators
title_full Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy : LMX and subjective age as moderators
title_fullStr Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy : LMX and subjective age as moderators Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy : LMX and subjective age as moderators
title_full_unstemmed Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy : LMX and subjective age as moderators Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy : LMX and subjective age as moderators
title_short Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy
title_sort age based metastereotypes and occupational self efficacy lmx and subjective age as moderators
title_sub LMX and subjective age as moderators
title_txtP Age-based metastereotypes and occupational self-efficacy : LMX and subjective age as moderators
topic age metastereotypes occupational self-efficacy subjective age LMX Johtaminen Management and Leadership 20424 minäpystyvyys ikääntyminen ikääntyvät työntekijät ikä ikäjohtaminen self-efficacy ageing ageing employees age age management
topic_facet 20424 Johtaminen LMX Management and Leadership age age management age metastereotypes ageing ageing employees ikä ikäjohtaminen ikääntyminen ikääntyvät työntekijät minäpystyvyys occupational self-efficacy self-efficacy subjective age
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