Age, Resilience, Well-Being, and Positive Work Outcomes

Abstract

While well-being and resilience in the workplace continue to be important areas of research, the role age plays in well-being and resilience at work and associated positive work outcomes is often ignored. In most studies age is simply treated as a control variable. In this chapter, we outline the importance of considering age in well-being and resilience research by focusing on how age may impact both of these variables and drawing on research from both the organizational psychology and developmental psychology literature. Theoretical models of these relationships are put forth, and future research directions are discussed.

Citation

King, R. and Jex, S. (2014), "Age, Resilience, Well-Being, and Positive Work Outcomes", The Role of Demographics in Occupational Stress and Well Being (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 12), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 113-133. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-355520140000012003