{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,2]],"date-time":"2026-08-02T19:57:53Z","timestamp":1785700673168,"version":"3.56.0"},"reference-count":48,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]],"date-time":"2026-07-29T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1785283200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100001809","name":"The National Natural Science Foundation of China","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","award":["72172048"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["72172048"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100001809","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"crossref"}]},{"name":"Social Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China","award":["FJ2024B118"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["FJ2024B118"]}]},{"name":"Social Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China","award":["FJ2026B087"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["FJ2026B087"]}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["J Appl Gerontol"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Drawing on conservation of resource (COR) theory, this study examines how workplace age discrimination affects older employees\u2019 vitality at work and explores the mediating role of internal employability and the moderating role of subjective age. Using a three-wave time-lagged survey of 318 older employees in Chinese organizations, the results show that workplace age discrimination significantly undermines older employees\u2019 vitality at work partially through internal employability. Moreover, subjective age moderates both the negative effect of age discrimination on internal employability and the indirect effect on vitality at work, suggesting that feeling younger serves as a protective psychological resource. These findings extend research on work vitality by identifying a detrimental contextual antecedent and highlight the importance of employability perceptions and subjective age in shaping older employees\u2019 responses to age-related bias.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/07334648261472531","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]],"date-time":"2026-07-29T07:18:51Z","timestamp":1785309531000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Workplace Age Discrimination and Older Employees\u2019 Vitality at Work: Mediating Effect of Internal Employability and Moderating Effect of Subjective Age"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6997-5119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jing","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Huaqiao University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8172-8543","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chuangang","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Huaqiao University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8184-7278","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sanman","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Huaqiao University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_5_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/geronb\/gbaa069"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01634372.2022.2161685"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/apps.12173"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1525\/collabra.82194"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jasp.12251"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/a0016429"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0144686X21001380"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1504\/IJICBM.2021.112613"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13607863.2017.1390733"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0003-066X.55.1.5"},{"issue":"3","key":"e_1_3_5_12_1","first-page":"51","article-title":"Why do older workers grow \u201colder but vigorous\u201d? Research on the influence of work locus of control on successful aging at work","volume":"40","author":"Cui","year":"2023","unstructured":"Cui, Cheng Y., Li Z., Tang G. (2023). Why do older workers grow \u201colder but vigorous\u201d? Research on the influence of work locus of control on successful aging at work. Human Resources Development of China, 40(3), 51\u201364. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.16471\/j.cnki.11-2822\/c.2023.3.004","journal-title":"Human Resources Development of China"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2020.605684"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jvb.2011.05.010"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_15_1","unstructured":"Dutton J. E. Heaphy E. D. (2003). The power of high-quality connections. In Cameron K. S. Dutton J. E. Quinn R. E. (Eds.) Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline (pp. 263\u2013278). Berrett-Koehler."},{"key":"e_1_3_5_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/1359432X.2020.1839421"},{"issue":"3","key":"e_1_3_5_17_1","first-page":"198","article-title":"Bridging the generational divide: Fostering intergenerational collaboration and innovation in the modern workplace","volume":"2","author":"George A. S.","year":"2024","unstructured":"George A. S., Baskar T., Srikaanth P. B. (2024). Bridging the generational divide: Fostering intergenerational collaboration and innovation in the modern workplace. Partners Universal International Innovation Journal, 2(3), 198\u2013217. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.12348084","journal-title":"Partners Universal International Innovation Journal"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/workar\/waw014"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0021-9010.91.5.1134"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0149206314527130"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40711-025-00237-z"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/geront\/gnw194"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00273171.2014.962683"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3917\/mav.083.0015"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-orgpsych-032117-104640"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/ijmr.12276"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/07334648221150885"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/02683940810869015"},{"issue":"5","key":"e_1_3_5_29_1","first-page":"767","article-title":"Subjective age across the life span: A differentiated, longitudinal approach","volume":"73","author":"Kornadt A. E.","year":"2018","unstructured":"Kornadt A. E., Hess T. M., Voss P., Rothermund K. (2018). Subjective age across the life span: A differentiated, longitudinal approach. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(5), 767\u2013777. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geronb\/gbw072","journal-title":"The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/job.2505"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/geronb\/gbx095"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/hrm.21489"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/1359432X.2019.1584183"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0021-9010.93.2.392"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/su14095385"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_36_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0021-9010.88.5.879"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_37_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/00483480710716704"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_38_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3758\/BF03193996"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_39_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1751-9004.2008.00098.x"},{"issue":"6","key":"e_1_3_5_40_1","first-page":"073346482513590","article-title":"Intergenerational contact and older employees\u2019 knowledge sharing: Mediating effect of organization-based self-esteem and the moderating effect of age-inclusive HR practices","volume":"45","author":"Shen C.","year":"2025","unstructured":"Shen C., Yang J., Hu S., He P. (2025). Intergenerational contact and older employees\u2019 knowledge sharing: Mediating effect of organization-based self-esteem and the moderating effect of age-inclusive HR practices. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 45(6), 07334648251359001. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07334648251359001","journal-title":"Journal of Applied Gerontology"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_41_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/scs.13031"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_42_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02678373.2016.1163804"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_43_1","volume-title":"World population prospects 2022: Summary of results","author":"United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division","year":"2022","unstructured":"United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2022). World population prospects 2022: Summary of results. UN DESA\/POP\/2022\/TR\/NO. 3."},{"key":"e_1_3_5_44_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jvb.2008.12.009"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_45_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/1359432X.2015.1007130"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_46_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3233\/WOR-141947"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_47_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/1359432X.2018.1435529"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/pag0000608"},{"key":"e_1_3_5_49_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/1359432X.2019.1677609"}],"container-title":["Journal of Applied Gerontology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/07334648261472531","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/07334648261472531","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/07334648261472531","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,2]],"date-time":"2026-08-02T19:43:54Z","timestamp":1785699834000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/07334648261472531"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]]},"references-count":48,"alternative-id":["10.1177\/07334648261472531"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07334648261472531","relation":{},"ISSN":["0733-4648","1552-4523"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0733-4648","type":"print"},{"value":"1552-4523","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]]},"article-number":"07334648261472531"}}