Individualism-Collectivism x Tightness-Looseness Individualistic Collectivistic

Loose Least Age Some Age Discrimination Discrimination

Tight Some Age Most Age Discrimination Discrimination

Cultural Anchors of Ageism framework might serve as moderating and mediating mechanisms in the relations between age, culture, and work outcomes.

The CAA framework has the potential to move researchers toward systematic ageism research across cultures.

May also facilitate more research in other parts of the world rather than just North America, Australia, and Western Europe.

Study ageism and its effects on more dissimilar culturesBetter explain large extraneous variance in workplace age

discrimination

The Cultural Anchors of Ageism: Interviews With Older Workers in the U.S. and Turkey

Ferry Fleurimond, Barbara A. Fritzsche, & Justin MarcusDepartment of Psychology, University of Central Florida

AgeismOlder workers consistently are evaluated negatively

relative to younger workers (Bal, Reiss, Rudolph, & Baltes, 2011).

Older workers are seen as less motivated, less healthy, less able to learn and adapt, more resilient to change, more prone to work-family imbalance (Ng & Feldman, 2012).

There is no systematic research regarding how culture can influence age discrimination against older workers and work outcomes (Posthuma & Campion, 2009).

Most ageism research occurs in North America and Western Europe/Australia.

People 60 years old or above is estimated to be 2,000,000,000 by mid-century (World Health Organization, 2014).

Societal CultureTight societies are categorized as having strict normative

standards of behavior, and sanction deviances from group norms (Uz, 2015).

The two-dimensional quadrants are in-group individualism-collectivism and tightness-looseness.

The U.S. falls in the individualistic-loose while Turkey is in the collectivistic-tight category.

Purposes of the studyIdentify differences between older workers in the U.S. and

Turkey regarding stereotypes and perceived discrimination.

Obtain qualitative data in order to advance quantitative research of cultural ageism.

Assumption 1: Age discrimination is expected to be highest in collectivistic-tight societies (Turkey for example) since group norms are emphasized, and deviant behaviors are sanctioned.

Assumption 2: Age discrimination can be expected to be lowest in individualistic-loose societies (The U.S. for example) because individual differences are valued and deviant behaviors are more tolerated.

Assumption 3: Expect both societal cultures to exhibit some level of age discrimination because it’s possible that ageism against older adults may have evolutionary roots (Marcus & Sabuncu, in press).

SampleThe study requires 20 participants; may recruit more if necessaryAll participants will be at least 40 years old; white-collar employees

ProceduresFace-to-face interviews to collect data on stereotypes, advantages, and disadvantages

older workers face concerning career and retirementInterviews will be taped/recorded and transcribed Collected data will be examined for differencesAnalysesData coding and categorizing, data display/summaries, and conclusion/comparison

Introduction

Expected Discussion

How can culture impact ageism? Expected Results

Method