Stereotyping of older adults: The role of target facial cues and perceiver characteristics.

Hummert, Mary Lee; Garstka, Teri A.; Shaner, Jaye L.

doi:10.1037/0882-7974.12.1.107

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“…There is conflicting evidence regarding the influence of gender differences with respect to sensitivity to age differences. While some studies (Snyder & Miene, 1994) report that women are more likely to stereotype older adults than men, most studies find no gender effects (Hummert, Garstka, & Shaner, 1997). In addition we control for education as managers from different educational levels might have a different perceptions of older workers' productivity.…”

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Do Stereotypes About Older Workers Change? Evidence from a Panel Study Among Employers

Dalen

Henkens

2017

SSRN Journal

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Abstract:Background: Stereotypies of older workers and their productive value are believed to contrast with their actual potential. Still, these stereotypes among employers persist.Objective: This article examines whether managers have changed their views on older workers and if so what the driving forces are of these changes.Methods: Using panel data we examine the changes in attitudes among Dutch managers about the productive skills of older workers (50 years and older) between 2010 and 2013.Results: Managers have adjusted their view of older workers in a significant manner, especially about their so-called soft skills, like reliability and loyalty. Hard skills or qualitieslike physical stamina, new tech skills and willingness to train -have not changed. Important drivers behind these changes are the age of the manager -the older the manager the more positive he or she is about older workers -and the experience with older workers in the past two years. Increase in the occurrence of problems with older workers tends to depress their assessment of soft and hard skills. Firm characteristics add little explanatory power. Conclusions:Attitudes are not easily susceptible to change but this study shows that the biggest effects are to be expected from the process of aging itself: older managers tend to have a more positive assessment of the hard and soft skills of older workers. Contributions:The main contribution to the scientific literature of this paper is to see in changes in attitudes of individual managers towards older workers over time and the underlying drivers of change.3

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Section: Theory Of Age Stereotypesmentioning

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Do Stereotypes About Older Workers Change? Evidence from a Panel Study Among Employers

Dalen

Henkens

2017

SSRN Journal

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“…Although gender stereotypes have been well established in the human-computer interaction literature, evidence suggests that technology can also be vulnerable to aging stereotypes . Physical appearance, facial features, and perceived age are known to play a role in the activation of age stereotypes (Hummert, Garstka, & Shaner, 1997). Age is one of the first and most salient attributes we notice about other people (Fiske, Kitayama, Markus, & Nisbett, 1998), which may also be true of other anthropomorphic technology such as robots.…”

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“…The link between physical characteristics and stereotypes has been well established in the social cognition literature (Brewer & Lui, 1984;Hummert, Garstka, & Shaner, 1997). Within this context, facial features are considered to be the main source of information used in order to activate stereotypes.…”

Section: Stereotypes and Agingmentioning

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Anthropomorphic Interfaces on Automation Trust, Dependence, and Performance inYounger and Older Adults

Pak¹

2015

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“…Hummert et al (2004), in their excellent review of the role of age stereotypes in communication, cited numerous studies that provide support for the ASI model. Investigations by Hummert (2002), Bieman-Copland andRyan (2001), Mulac and Giles (1996), Harwood and Williams (1996), Hummert, Garstka, and Shaner (1997), Ryan, Kennaley, Pratt, and Shumovich (2000), Thimm, Rademacher, and Kruse (1998), and others have shown that both positive and negative stereotypes are activated by an encounter with an older target. This activation then leads to stereotypic beliefs about the older adult's communicative competencies that are consistent with the stereotype's valence.…”

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Instructional/Developmental Communication: Current Theory, Research, and Future Trends

Nussbaum

Friedrich

2005

Journal of Communication

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ICA has produced a significant literature investigating communication processes within instructional settings as well as communication change occurring throughout the life span. This article documents the significant theoretical developments and empirical findings by communication scholars that have occurred over the past several decades. In addition, based upon the strengths and weaknesses of theory and research, it sets an agenda for future research within instructional/developmental research.The International Communication Association's Division 7 was founded in 1972 as the Instructional Communication Division. Its original mission was to encourage and support the development and empirical testing of communication theory relevant to individuals interacting in instructional settings.During the early to mid-1980s, the Instructional Communication Division expanded its mission and its name to include scholarship in developmental communication. Jan Andersen, Robert Norton, Gus Friedrich, Jon Nussbaum, and numerous others realized that the current research addressing instruction-related issues within the discipline of communication could no longer escape the fact that learning, teaching, and interaction across the wide variety of instructional contexts was at its core a developmental phenomenon. Stated simply, instructional scholars were moving beyond the investigation of the perceptions or behavior of college sophomores that at times included interaction with teachers and other students.Communication researchers have now produced an impressive literature investigating interaction in various contexts across the entire life span. Instructional researchers have investigated K-12 classrooms, learning environments that attract nontraditional students, and instructional settings far removed from our notion of the average classroom, such as continuous learning in organizations or advanced Jon F. Nussbaum (PhD, Purdue University) is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University. Gustav Friedrich (PhD, University of Kansas) is dean of the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University. Copyright © 2005 International Communication AssociationInstructional/Developmental Communication 579 training settings. At the same time, a new cadre of scholars began publishing manuscripts studying the communicative behavior of individuals who were much younger or much older than the typical college student. Theories have been developed and tested that specifically outline the significance of the interactants' age and experience within any communication exchange.This article documents the communication perspectives and theories that are having a significant impact upon scholars within instructional/developmental communication. The knowledge that has been acquired through the empirical investigations by instructional/developmental scholars within the discipline of communication will be presented and discussed. In addition, we will offer suggestions for...

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Stereotyping of older adults: The role of target facial cues and perceiver characteristics.

Cited by 97 publications

References 33 publications

Do Stereotypes About Older Workers Change? Evidence from a Panel Study Among Employers

Do Stereotypes About Older Workers Change? Evidence from a Panel Study Among Employers

Anthropomorphic Interfaces on Automation Trust, Dependence, and Performance inYounger and Older Adults

Instructional/Developmental Communication: Current Theory, Research, and Future Trends

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