RT Journal Article
T1 The Effect of Age on Daily Positive Emotions and Work Behaviors
A1 Dello Russo, Silvia
A1 Antino, Mirko
A1 Zaniboni, Sara
A1 Caetano, Antonio
A1 Truxillo, Donald
AB This study draws on socioemotional selectivity and person–job fit theories to investigate the emotional bases for age-related differences in daily task crafting and in-role performance. We tested a mediation model in which age is related to positive emotions that in turn predict task crafting and in-role performance. A total of 256 people working in multiple organizations participated in a 5-day diary study. Multilevel modeling showed that, at the person level of analysis, age is significantly and positively related to positive emotions and task crafting and, via crafting, to in-role performance. No significant mediation of high- and low-arousal positive emotions was found between age and task crafting. However, at the day level of analysis, high-arousal positive emotions are positively related to task crafting, and this in turn is positively related to in-role performance. These findings make important theoretical contributions to understanding within-person processes associated with employee age in addition to more traditional between-person factors. They also have implications for managing an age-diverse workforce by means of job crafting.</jats:p>
PB Oxford University Press
SN 2054-4650
YR 2021
FD 2021-01-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95196
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95196
LA eng
NO Fundação para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025