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The Impact Of Age On Workplace Motivation: A Person-Centered Perspective, Keith Lynn Zabel
The Impact Of Age On Workplace Motivation: A Person-Centered Perspective, Keith Lynn Zabel
Wayne State University Dissertations
The present study used the person-centered approach to examine how profiles based upon six different age conceptualizations differentially impact workplace motivation. In the first known study to examine all conceptualizations of age simultaneously, results suggested the age conceptualizations of subjective age and health significantly impact growth motives for older workers, but not social or security motives. Results suggest social motives are influenced more by chronological age as opposed to other conceptualizations of age. Implications for practitioners in designing and implementing HR activities (e.g., succession planning) and researchers in utilizing all the conceptualizations of age and studying workplace interventions are discussed.
College Student Adjustment: Examination Of Personal And Environmental Characteristics, Aleksandra M. Stoklosa
College Student Adjustment: Examination Of Personal And Environmental Characteristics, Aleksandra M. Stoklosa
Wayne State University Dissertations
This study used a multi-dimensional model of college adjustment to examine the relationships between multiple layers of personal influences and college adjustment (academic, social, personal/emotional, attachment to the institution, and overall adjustment) among emerging adults in a large urban university. The sample included 177 undergraduate students, ages 18-25, attending Wayne State University, who completed on-line questionnaires. Race and cumulative college GPA were related to academic adjustment. Being Arabic/Middle-Eastern was a consistent predictor of college adjustment. It was found that higher college GPA and being White was related to higher academic adjustment, while being Arabic/Middle-Eastern was related to lower academic adjustment. …