SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES OF MIGRATION AND DEMOGRAPHY  AGEISM AT WORK ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS 

DOI: 10.24411/2470-1262-2019-10067  

Abstract:

The research study focuses on ageism and its incidence in the workplace. The authors worked with three groups of respondents divided by age to younger employees aged 30 or less, middle aged employees aged 45 or less and older employees aged 62 or more. The aim was to determine the degree of ageism in working-age employees versus elderly workers and vice versa on a sample covering 202 participants in total. Instruments used: The Ambivalent Ageism Scale (Cary, Chasteen & Remedios, 2016) and the so far unpublished scale of attitudes toward employment of elders (Búgelová & Čupková, 2017). The most intense incidence of ageism and unwillingness to tolerate employment of elders was most noticeable in the group of youngest employees, then in the middle-aged group and, in the last place (as expected), among the elders. Women were significantly more ageist than men. The level of education proved to play an insignificant role in ageist attitudes.

Keywords: ageism; ambivalent ageism; employee; elder

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Information about the authors:

Doc. PhDr. Taťjana Búgelová, CSc. Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Arts of Prešov University in Prešov Ul. 17. novembra 1080 78 Prešov Slovakia e-mail: tatiana.bugelova@unipo.sk Mgr. Lena Čupková Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Arts of Prešov University in Prešov Ul. 17. novembra 1080 78 Prešov Slovakia e-mail: lenacupkova@gmail.com Bc. Lenka Kratochvílová Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Arts of Prešov University in Prešov Ul. 17. novembra 1080 78 Prešov Slovakia e-mail: luna.l.kratochvilova@gmail.com

Acknowledgements:

The paper was supported by the VEGA project No. 1/0348/17 titled: Causes and Consequences of Ageism and the Animosity between Generations in and outside Working Environment.

Работа была поддержана проектом VEGA № 1/0348/17 под названием: «Причины и последствия эйджизма и вражды между поколениями в рабочей среде и за ее пределами».

For citation: Búgelová Tatiana, Chupková Lena, Kratochvílová Lenka, (2019). Ageism at Work across three Generations. Cross-Cultural Studies: Education and Science. Vol. 4, Issue 4 (2019), pp. 97-106 (in USA)

Manuscript received 29/10/2019

Accepted for publication: 25/11/2019

The authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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