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      Work Characteristics and Occupational Well-Being: The Role of Age

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      Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
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      Keywords: age, aging, lifespan, work characteristics, well-being

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          Based on a lifespan perspective on work design, person-environment interaction and fit theories, models of successful aging at work, and role theory, we review research on the role of worker age in relationships between work characteristics and occupational well-being. We first focus on interaction effects of work characteristics and age on occupational well-being. Research has found that age can moderate associations between work characteristics and occupational well-being indicators, and that work characteristics can moderate associations between age and occupational well-being indicators. Next, we describe research showing that work characteristics can mediate associations between age and occupational well-being indicators. The relationships of age with specific work characteristics and occupational well-being indicators can be linear or non-linear. We conclude our literature review by discussing implications for future research.

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          The past several decades have witnessed unidimensional decline models of aging give way to life-span developmental models that consider how specific processes and strategies facilitate adaptive aging. In part, this shift was provoked by the stark contrast between findings that clearly demonstrate decreased biological, physiological, and cognitive capacity and those suggesting that people are generally satisfied in old age and experience relatively high levels of emotional well-being. In recent years, this supposed “paradox” of aging has been reconciled through careful theoretical analysis and empirical investigation. Viewing aging as adaptation sheds light on resilience, well-being, and emotional distress across adulthood.
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              Socioemotional selectivity theory claims that the perception of time plays a fundamental role in the selection and pursuit of social goals. According to the theory, social motives fall into 1 of 2 general categories--those related to the acquisition of knowledge and those related to the regulation of emotion. When time is perceived as open-ended, knowledge-related goals are prioritized. In contrast, when time is perceived as limited, emotional goals assume primacy. The inextricable association between time left in life and chronological age ensures age-related differences in social goals. Nonetheless, the authors show that the perception of time is malleable, and social goals change in both younger and older people when time constraints are imposed. The authors argue that time perception is integral to human motivation and suggest potential implications for multiple subdisciplines and research interests in social, developmental, cultural, cognitive, and clinical psychology.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychol.
                Title: Frontiers in Psychology
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 1664-1078
                Publication date (Electronic): 22 September 2016
                Publication date Collection: 2016
                Volume: 7
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1411
                Affiliations
                [1] 1School of Management, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, QLD, Australia
                [2] 2Department of Business Psychology, Economics and Management, University of Kassel Kassel, Germany
                [3] 3Institute of Psychology, University of Kassel Kassel, Germany
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                Edited by: Renato Pisanti, Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano, Italy

                Reviewed by: Franco Fraccaroli, University of Trento, Italy; Maria Karanika-Murray, Nottingham Trent University, UK

                *Correspondence: Hannes Zacher hannes.zacher@ 123456qut.edu.au

                This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology

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                DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01411
                PMC ID: 5031689
                PubMed ID: 27713711
                SO-VID: f23988a9-85f5-4a10-a538-5aced337b8f3
                Copyright © Copyright © 2016 Zacher and Schmitt.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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                Date received : 28 June 2016
                Date accepted : 02 September 2016
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                Figures: 1, Tables: 1, Equations: 0, References: 62, Pages: 8, Words: 5958
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                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Mini Review

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: age,aging,lifespan,work characteristics,well-being
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: age, aging, lifespan, work characteristics, well-being

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