Cultural adaptation of the workplace age-friendliness measure to German with validation in Austrian organizations.
Background and Objectives The workplace age-friendliness measure is a multidimensional, four-factor instrument measuring organizational support for maintaining the employability of older workers that was developed in English and Hebrew. This study aimed to adapt it culturally for use in organization...
| Publicado en: | Gerontologist Vol. 66; no. 7; pp. 1 - 17 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195281418&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195281418 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00169013 GET jtl: Gerontologist issn: 00169013 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 vid: 66 iid: 7 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195281418 10.1093/geront/gnag082 ppf: 1 ppct: 16 formats: tig: atl: Cultural adaptation of the workplace age-friendliness measure to German with validation in Austrian organizations. aug: au: Lang, Gert Eppler-Hattab, Raphael affil: Austrian Health Promotion Fund, Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna, Austria The Center for Research and Study of Aging, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel su: Germany Austria Employee psychology Work environment Psychometrics Analysis of variance Aging Health promotion Sociodemographic factors Labor supply Old age Multitrait multimethod techniques Pearson correlation (Statistics) Cronbach's alpha Research methodology evaluation Questionnaires Research evaluation Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Research methodology Statistics Factor analysis Data analysis software sug: subj: Employee psychology Work environment Psychometrics Analysis of variance Aging Health promotion Sociodemographic factors Labor supply Old age Germany Austria Temporary Help Services Multitrait multimethod techniques Pearson correlation (Statistics) Cronbach's alpha Research methodology evaluation Questionnaires Research evaluation Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Research methodology Statistics Factor analysis Data analysis software keyword: Age-inclusive aging Aging workforce copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 employee health promotion https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnag082 inLanguage:en publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42093065/ Scale validation workforce workplace Workplace health promotion Age-inclusive aging Aging workforce copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 employee health promotion https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnag082 inLanguage:en publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42093065/ Scale validation workforce workplace Workplace health promotion ab: Background and Objectives The workplace age-friendliness measure is a multidimensional, four-factor instrument measuring organizational support for maintaining the employability of older workers that was developed in English and Hebrew. This study aimed to adapt it culturally for use in organizations where German is spoken and to validate its psychometric properties in the context of workplace health promotion initiatives. Research Design and Methods The English version of the scale was cross-translated into German and piloted in a convenience sample in Austria. It was then circulated in six Austrian organizations across various industries and regions, mostly from health and education sectors, within their workplace health promotion projects, resulting in 1,725 employee responses. This sample was used to report on and validate the scale's psychometric properties. Results Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated construct validity and measurement equivalence across multigroup socio-demographic variables of age, gender, and education. The results also supported the four-factor solution of the construct, with acceptable internal consistency and reliability. Correlations demonstrated the criterion (concurrent) validity of the scale with related constructs. An analysis of variance revealed meaningful differences in factor mean scores across individual and organizational characteristics. Discussion and Implications This is the first study to develop and validate a German-language version of the workplace age-friendliness measure. As a reliable and valid instrument, it can be used to assess organizations' practices regarding their support for an aging workforce. Further implications and limitations of using this instrument in future empirical research are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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