1.9: Age-Based Stereotypes
Many of us believe stereotypes based on a person's age. For example, older employees are deemed less capable of learning new technologies. Meanwhile, younger employees are criticized for being entitled and less committed to completing workplace tasks.
Read this review of three studies that discuss:
- Stereotypes where employers prefer to hire younger job candidates;
- Employers who prefer a younger stereotype profile even for low-status jobs; and
- Employers who only hire older stereotype profiles when the job is considered subordinate to a younger stereotype profile.