School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
Psychol Aging. 2013 Mar;28(1):17-27. doi: 10.1037/a0029825. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
Stereotype threat, or the belief that one may be the target of demeaning stereotypes, leads to acute performance decrements and reduced psychological well-being. The current research examined stereotype threat among older employees, a group that is the target of many negative stereotypes. Study 1 surveyed older workers in two different organizations regarding their experiences of stereotype threat, their job attitudes and work mental health, and their intentions to resign or retire. Across both samples, feelings of stereotype threat were related to more negative job attitudes and poorer work mental health. In turn, these negative job attitudes were associated with intentions to resign and (possibly) retire. In Study 2, younger and older employees were surveyed. The results indicated that only for older employees were feelings of stereotype threat negatively related to job attitudes, work mental health, and intentions to resign. The implications of these findings for understanding job attitudes and intentions among older workers are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).
刻板印象威胁，即认为自己可能成为贬低性刻板印象的目标，会导致表现急剧下降和心理健康水平降低。本研究考察了老年员工的刻板印象威胁，这是一个受到许多负面刻板印象影响的群体。研究 1 调查了两个不同组织中的老年员工，了解他们在刻板印象威胁方面的经历、工作态度和工作心理健康状况，以及他们辞职或退休的意愿。在两个样本中，刻板印象威胁的感觉与更消极的工作态度和更差的工作心理健康状况有关。反过来，这些消极的工作态度与辞职意愿（可能）和退休意愿有关。在研究 2 中，对年轻员工和老年员工进行了调查。结果表明，只有老年员工的刻板印象威胁感与工作态度、工作心理健康和辞职意愿呈负相关。这些发现对理解老年员工的工作态度和离职意愿具有重要意义。（APA，2013 年，所有权利保留）。
