stephanie
05-06-2008, 11:15 PM
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Barbara Quirk — 5/06/2008 9:14 am
So someone at work calls you "an old fart." Does it really matter? According to a recent study from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, it matters a lot.
Bob McCann, an associate professor of management communication at USC, shows ageist language has played a major role in age discrimination lawsuits. "Our research has clearly shown links between ageist language and reported health outcomes as broad as reduced life satisfaction, lowered self-esteem, and even depression," said McCann. "Such language can even hasten retirement decisions."
Age-related comments such as "the old lady," "that old goat," "too long on the job," "old and tired," "he had bags under his eyes" are just some of the hundreds of ageist comments unearthed by McCann and his colleague Howard Giles from UC-Santa Barbara.
read the rest and comments.
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/284755
Barbara Quirk — 5/06/2008 9:14 am
So someone at work calls you "an old fart." Does it really matter? According to a recent study from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, it matters a lot.
Bob McCann, an associate professor of management communication at USC, shows ageist language has played a major role in age discrimination lawsuits. "Our research has clearly shown links between ageist language and reported health outcomes as broad as reduced life satisfaction, lowered self-esteem, and even depression," said McCann. "Such language can even hasten retirement decisions."
Age-related comments such as "the old lady," "that old goat," "too long on the job," "old and tired," "he had bags under his eyes" are just some of the hundreds of ageist comments unearthed by McCann and his colleague Howard Giles from UC-Santa Barbara.
read the rest and comments.
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/284755