APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Cognitive Ability and Demands Fit on Mental and Learning Work Ability of Older Adults

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • W. Jackeline Torres
    Rice University
  • Margaret Beier
    Rice University
  • Gwenith Fisher
    Colorado State University
  • Lauren Wallace
    Colorado State University

Abstract

We used objective measures of job demands and resources to examine the effects of cognitive ability (i.e., reasoning and knowledge) and job demands fit on work ability of older adults. Polynomial regression and response surface analyses showed that fit mattered for perceptions of mental and learning work ability.

Individual Differences

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