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Age and occupational well-being.

P Warr1

  • 1MRC/ESRC Social and Applied Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Psychology and Aging
|March 1, 1992
PubMed
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Medium-aged workers experience lower occupational well-being, showing a U-shaped age-well-being relationship. This pattern persists even after accounting for job and personal factors, suggesting other influences on job satisfaction.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health Psychology
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding the relationship between age and employee well-being is crucial for workplace interventions.
  • Previous research suggests varied impacts of age on job satisfaction, with inconsistent findings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between age and occupational well-being.
  • To determine if age remains a significant predictor of job well-being after controlling for various factors.

Main Methods:

  • Survey of 1,686 individuals across diverse occupations.
  • Statistical analysis, including stepwise regression, to examine age and well-being associations.
  • Inclusion of 13 explanatory variables: job position, characteristics, work values, demographics, and family life cycle.

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Main Results:

  • A U-shaped relationship was observed between age and occupational well-being (job anxiety-contentment and job depression-enthusiasm).
  • Age remained a significant predictor of job well-being, even after controlling for the 13 explanatory factors.
  • The study identified potential additional explanations for this association, including unmeasured characteristics, retrospective focus, and nonoccupational experiences.

Conclusions:

  • Occupational well-being exhibits a U-shaped pattern with age, with middle-aged workers reporting lower well-being.
  • Age independently influences occupational well-being beyond job and personal factors.
  • Further research is needed to explore the nuanced reasons behind this age-related well-being trend.