RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE AND EFFECTS UPON WORK: A STUDY OF OLDER WORKERS IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY.
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Title
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE AND EFFECTS UPON WORK: A STUDY OF OLDER WORKERS IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY.
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Identifier
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AAI8023666
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identifier
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8023666
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Creator
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EISENBERG, JOSEPH.
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Contributor
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Angelo Dispenzieri | Sidney I. lirtzman
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Date
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1980
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Business Administration, Management | Gerontology
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Abstract
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This country is challenged with an increasing amount of people growing older within the work force, which is raising problems and issues without an empirical basis for political and management decisions.;The objectives of the present investigation are: (1) The examination of the relationship between age and worker productivity, absenteeism, injuries and accidents, and turnover. (2) Refinement of the decremental theory of aging (Shock, 1962; Botwinick, 1973), by introducing a crucial distinction among jobs requiring skill and experience and jobs demanding speed and agility. (3) Improvement of retirement decision-making within industry and government.;The study was carried out in a large garment manufacturing plant in the New York Metropolitan area. Three jobs were selected for study: one speed job (Sewing Machine Operator, N = 66) and two skill jobs (Examiner, N = 60 and Material Handler, N = 45).;Four hypotheses referred to job tasks requiring speed and agility: the older worker as compared with the younger worker, will have (I) less productivity, (II) greater absenteeism, (III) greater accidents and injuries, and (IV) equivalent turnover. Hypotheses I and IV were confirmed.;Another set of four hypotheses referred to job tasks requiring skill and experience: the older worker will be equivalent to the yonger worker in; (V) productivity, (VI) absenteeism, (VII) accidents and injuries and (VIII) turnover. All of the latter hypotheses were confirmed.;Generally, the results support the predictions for speed jobs and skill jobs, with the added proviso that decrements appear specific to the demands of particular jobs. An age-related decline in worker performance was not substantiated.;Policy implications are presented, including elimination of arbitrary age limits on jobs and rational assignment of workers to jobs on an individual basis, as well as recommendations for future research.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Business
