infonet-economy

The article discusses evidence on the relationship between employees' age and their resistance to change. It considers organizational tenure and occupational status as potential moderators in explaining the age/resistance to change association. Resistance to change is introduced as a potential mediator in the age/job performance relationship. A negative linkage between age and individual resistance to change is observed, which suggests that some younger employees were more resistant to change than older workers. Having a longer organizational tenure and being a blue collar worker are also identified as positive boundary conditions for the relationship between age and resistance to change.