Age discrimination in the evaluation of job applicants Richardson, Ben, Webb, Janine, Webber, Lynne and Smith, Kaye 2013, Age discrimination in the evaluation of job applicants, Journal of applied social psychology, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 35-44, doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00979.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Age discrimination in the evaluation of job applicants Author(s) Richardson, Ben Webb, Janine Webber, Lynne Smith, Kaye Journal name Journal of applied social psychology Volume number 43 Issue number 1 Start page 35 End page 44 Total pages 10 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Place of publication Hoboken N.J. Publication date 2013 ISSN 0021-9029 1559-1816 Keyword(s) age discrimination competencies job applicants Summary This study investigated the nature of age discrimination against older job applicants. One hundred fifty-six participants (102 students; 54 organization based) evaluated a hypothetical job applicant's (aged 33–66 years) work-related competences and likelihood of being hired. Applicant age affected hiring decisions for both samples where there was a preference for hiring applicants aged 42–48 years. Applicants at both the older and younger ends of the continuum were less likely to be hired, with the oldest applicants (over 54 years) being the least likely to be hired. Although the applicants' age negatively affected evaluations of their trainability and sociability, the effect of applicant age on hiring evaluations was not mediated by these work-related competencies, suggesting that age discrimination occurs via direct bias against older workers. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00979.x Field of Research 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050089 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 17:11:33 EST Fri, 18 Jan 2013, 08:56:06 EST Tue, 05 Mar 2013, 10:03:18 EST Tue, 05 Mar 2013, 10:09:21 EST Tue, 05 Mar 2013, 10:11:01 EST Thu, 07 Mar 2013, 08:07:09 EST Tue, 17 Dec 2013, 12:57:35 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 16:23:36 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 11:53:28 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 22 times in TR Web of Science Cited 20 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 437 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 17:11:21 EST by Ben Richardson