Older Worker Identity and Job Performance: The Moderator Role of Subjective Age and Self-Efficacy

Francisco Rodríguez-Cifuentes, Jesús Farfán and Gabriela Topa
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Francisco Rodríguez-Cifuentes: Department of Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Immunology and Medical Microbiology, Nursing and Stomatology, Rey Juan Carlos I University, 28300 Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain
Jesús Farfán: Health Psychology Program, International School of Doctorate, National Distance Education University (UNED); 28040 Madrid, Spain
Gabriela Topa: Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Distance Education University (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: Older Worker Identity consists of the internalization of negative beliefs and attitudes towards aged employees by these same people. This research aims to explore the moderator role both of subjective age and self-efficacy in the relationship between older worker identity and job performance. The study was conducted with a panel design, including a sample of +40 Spanish workers ( n = 200), with two waves (4-months interval). The findings supported the moderator role of subjective age in the relationship, while it failed to support the moderator role of self-efficacy. These findings underline that workers who actively manage their subjective age perceptions could age successfully at work. The implications of this study for counseling practices are discussed.

Keywords: group identification; older workers; job performance; psychological capital; self-efficacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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