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Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 50, Issue 6 P280-P288, Copyright © 1995 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Psychological obstacles to job or career change in late life

LL Bailey 3rd and RO Hansson
FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute, Oklahoma City, USA.

Four studies involving middle-aged and older workers were conducted to (a) explore perceived obstacles to adaptive job or career changes in later-life, and (b) develop an instrument with which to identify older adults who might be more sensitive to such obstacles. A reliable instrument was developed which reflected three broad categories of perceived risk: (a) age-inappropriateness of the change, (b) potential for age-discrimination, and (c) risk of hastened obsolescence. As evidence for the convergent validity of the instrument, the results indicated a heightened sensitivity to job change obstacles among respondents with: (a) age-sensitized concerns about job and financial security, (b) poorer psychological adjustment to a plateaued career, and (c) poorer psychological and social adjustment to their own aging.




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