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The right place for me: A moderated mediation model to explain the involvement of employees aged over 50 years
Author(s) -
Manzi Claudia,
Coen Sharon,
Crapolicchio Eleonora,
Medina Letizia,
Paderi Fabio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12714
Subject(s) - psychology , moderated mediation , organizational identification , psychosocial , social psychology , association (psychology) , mediation , identification (biology) , perceived organizational support , identity (music) , organizational commitment , botany , physics , psychiatry , acoustics , psychotherapist , biology , political science , law
Over the past decades, employment rates of older workers in most Western countries have rapidly increased. Hence, there is a growing interest in identifying the organizational dimensions that might impact the psychosocial adjustment of workers aged over 50 years. This study focuses on perceived organizational support (POS) and identity‐related measures (identification and authenticity) as key organizational components for workers at this stage of life. Furthermore, in the relationships discussed, we explore the moderating role of perceived age discrimination. In an ample sample of older workers ( N = 4,563, aged 50–66 years), a moderated mediational model was tested where older workers' involvement was associated to POS. In the model, this relationship was mediated by organizational identification and authenticity, and the association between POS, identity‐related measures, and involvement was moderated by age‐based discrimination. Results showed that POS is associated with organizational involvement via organizational identification and authenticity and that high level of age discrimination decreased the positive association between POS, organizational identification, authenticity, and involvement.