Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/269149 
Year of Publication: 
1985
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Occupational Psychology [ISSN:] 2044-8325 [Volume:] 58 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 1985 [Pages:] 177-187
Publisher: 
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
A discriminant analysis was performed on a sample (n = 114) of salaried professionals to distinguish work patterns among three age groups corresponding to early, middle and late career stages. Three distinct profiles were generated by the two significant discriminant functions which emerged. The three career stage groups were given identifying labels: ‘finding a niche’, ‘digging in’ and ‘entrenched’. The findings support a life-cycle hypothesis of ageing and work patterns, although there is some substantiation for the cohort and ageing hypotheses in the literature. Scenarios for each of the three career stages are provided along with implications for improving the management of age-specific professional human resources.
Subjects: 
Professional work
Managing professionals
Age and work
Work tenure
Job satisfaction
Deviance
Self-esteem
Discriminant analysis
JEL: 
L84
J44
J24
J28
O15
M12
M53
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Manuscript Version (Preprint)
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