AGE DISCRIMINATION, MYTHS, AND EMPLOYMENT
This paper is written to educate and inform readers to the topic of ageism or age discrimination. In our society we live with age discrimination and ageism statements on a daily basis. Victims of age discrimination may not know that age discrimination is being practiced on them. Its nature is insidious, creeping undetected into the workplace as attitudes born from myths. It is the most pervasive form of discrimination. Age discrimination affects all races, all sexual preferences, and ages. This paper provides the reader with a history of age discrimination and its impacts on the work place; a working knowledge of how common age related myths become discriminatory practices and, Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) practices for policy makers, employers and job applicants. We close this paper with some a common sense reason why all Americans should strive to purge age discrimination from their lives and American society.
This paper is written to educate and inform readers to the topic of ageism or age discrimination. In our society we live with age discrimination and ageism statements on a daily basis. Victims of age discrimination may not know that age discrimination is being practiced on them. Its nature is insidious, creeping undetected into the workplace as attitudes born from myths. It is the most pervasive form of discrimination. Age discrimination affects all races, all sexual preferences, and ages. This paper provides the reader with a history of age discrimination and its impacts on the work place; a working knowledge of how common age related myths become discriminatory practices and, Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) practices for policy makers, employers and job applicants. We close this paper with some a common sense reason why all Americans should strive to purge age discrimination from their lives and American society.
