Discrimination in Old Age
Annotated Bibliography
Sandra Rosenzweig
University of Central Florida
SYP 4732
Thesis
Discrimination in the workplace is experienced by individuals from all social groups, but perhaps the one that goes most unnoticed is age discrimination. Ageism is discriminating or stereotyping individuals who fall into a specific age group (Powell). Although there are laws to protect workers (James) from age discrimination; it is difficult to prove the employers actions as being age related bias. Why should age be a factor in the workplace; shouldn’t every person have the same rights?
References
Bayl-Smith, P & Griffin, B. 2014, (Age discrimination in the workplace: Identifying as a late-career worker and …show more content…
In this extremely technical article, 203 supervisors (male, female, from a variety of cultures) successfully revealed evaluations of older, poorly performing personnel. This study provided evidence that after evaluating all ineffective workers the results were rated differently depending on the age of the rater. Older raters rated the elder workers as being disciplined and credited their poor performance of work to controllable causes. The younger raters were more inclined to attribute older workers performance as stable causes. Ultimately, the study showed that the evaluations were dissimilar depending on the age of the …show more content…
A study was conducted by the Workplace Bullying Institute. Abuse in the workplace was defined as humiliation, intimidation, verbal abuse, sabotage of work, threatening conduct, or any kind of repeated mistreatment. To torment, frustrate, or wear down a person that provokes, frightens, or pressures a person is also considered abuse and discrimination in the workplace. As the issues were found, it opened the door for a more inclusive understanding of where problems excised and allowed the research to continue to find the answers to the discrimination problems in the workplace. The conclusion was to create an effective workplace policy that will promote and practice equal rights for all workers regardless of
Annotated Bibliography
Sandra Rosenzweig
University of Central Florida
SYP 4732
Thesis
Discrimination in the workplace is experienced by individuals from all social groups, but perhaps the one that goes most unnoticed is age discrimination. Ageism is discriminating or stereotyping individuals who fall into a specific age group (Powell). Although there are laws to protect workers (James) from age discrimination; it is difficult to prove the employers actions as being age related bias. Why should age be a factor in the workplace; shouldn’t every person have the same rights?
References
Bayl-Smith, P & Griffin, B. 2014, (Age discrimination in the workplace: Identifying as a late-career worker and …show more content…
In this extremely technical article, 203 supervisors (male, female, from a variety of cultures) successfully revealed evaluations of older, poorly performing personnel. This study provided evidence that after evaluating all ineffective workers the results were rated differently depending on the age of the rater. Older raters rated the elder workers as being disciplined and credited their poor performance of work to controllable causes. The younger raters were more inclined to attribute older workers performance as stable causes. Ultimately, the study showed that the evaluations were dissimilar depending on the age of the …show more content…
A study was conducted by the Workplace Bullying Institute. Abuse in the workplace was defined as humiliation, intimidation, verbal abuse, sabotage of work, threatening conduct, or any kind of repeated mistreatment. To torment, frustrate, or wear down a person that provokes, frightens, or pressures a person is also considered abuse and discrimination in the workplace. As the issues were found, it opened the door for a more inclusive understanding of where problems excised and allowed the research to continue to find the answers to the discrimination problems in the workplace. The conclusion was to create an effective workplace policy that will promote and practice equal rights for all workers regardless of