title: The role of age in the perceptions of politics--job performance relationship: a three-study constructive replication.
abstract: This research examined the interaction of organizational politics perceptions and employee age on job performance in 3 studies. On the basis of conservation of resources theory, the authors predicted that perceptions of politics would demonstrate their most detrimental effects on job performance for older workers. Results across the 3 studies provided strong support for the hypothesis that increases in politics perceptions are associated with decreases in job performance for older employees and that perceptions of politics do not affect younger employees' performance. Implications of these results, strengths and limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, University of Mississippi, 38677, USA. dtreadway@bus.olemiss.edu
authors.forename: Darren C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Treadway
authors.forename: Gerald R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hochwarter
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perrewé
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D011057:Politics; D013223:Statistics as Topic