Age Grading: The Implicit Organizational Timetable.
Abstract
The age distribution within an organization forms an implicit career timetable, and there is evidence that people use their perceptions of this timetable to determine whether their careers are on or off schedule. Questionnaire data collected from 488 managers indicate that agers who see themselves as behind time in their careers have more negative attitudes towards work than other managers, even when these perceptions are inaccurate. The longer managers remain in the same job, the more likely they are to define themselves as behind time. This supports other research suggesting that lateral moves within organizations may be an important device for managing normal limitations of upward movement. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA128535
Entities
People
- Barbara S. Lawrence