The right place for me: a moderated mediation model to explain involvement of employees aged over 50 years

Manzi, C; Coen, S; Capolicchio, E; Medina, L; Paderi, F

Abstract

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.

Citation

Manzi, C., Coen, S., Capolicchio, E., Medina, L., & Paderi, F. (2021). The right place for me: a moderated mediation model to explain involvement of employees aged over 50 years. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(1), 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12714

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 20, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Oct 6, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 20, 2021
• Deposit Date: Oct 15, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 6, 2021
• Journal: Journal of Applied Social Psychology
• Print ISSN: 0021-9029
• Electronic ISSN: 1559-1816
• Publisher: Wiley
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 42-52
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12714
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12714
• Related Public URLs: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1559-1816
• Additional Information: Access Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Manzi, C, Coen, S, Crapolicchio, E, Medina, L, Paderi, F. The right place for me: A moderated mediation model to explain the involvement of employees aged over 50 years. J Appl Soc Psychol. 2020, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12714. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.