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The workforce in most industrialized countries is a ging and becoming more age diverse, but few studies have examined the implications of a ge differences in the design of jobs. This study examined the role of age as a moderator in the relationship between job characteristics and two individual outcomes, job sa tisfaction and job tension. Specifically, the study focused on the relationshi p between social characteristics of the job (given social support, [received] social suppor t, interdependence, interaction outside the organization, and feedback from others) and job tension and job satisfaction among Portland Water Bureau employees. Based in Socioemot ional Selectivity (SES) theory (Carstensen, 1991), I hypothesized that these job c hara teristics would have a differential relationship with these outcomes for older and youn ger workers. Results showed that four of the eight hypothesized interactions were signifi cant, providing support for age as a moderating variable. Differential interaction effec ts were demonstrated on job satisfaction and job tension. Further, this study i ncorporated a new conceptualization and measurement of the social support job characteristi c (given social support), which demonstrated utility in predicting outcomes. Subjec tiv age was also found to moderate the relationship between job satisfaction and job a ttitudes, but in a pattern similar to that found for chronological age. This study contributes to the existing literature by answering the call to examine the role of individual differen c s in the relationship between job design features and outcomes, and by increasing kno wledge of the types of job characteristics that increase job satisfaction and reduce job tension for older and younger SOCIAL JOB CHARACTERISTICS AND OLDER WORKERS ii employees. Implications for the aging workforce are discussed along with future research to better understand the mediating mechanisms. SOCIAL JOB CHARACTERISTICS AND OLDER WORKERS iii Table of

Social Job Characteristics and Older Workers: Effects on Job Satisfaction and Job Tension