Alignment of survey questions with research questions
| Research questions | Interview question |
|---|---|
| 1. What are older workers’ perceptions about their work? | 3. Were you working here before you turned 50? Yes/No |
| 4. How many years have you been working here since the age of 50 or above? | |
| 5. Do you feel that any aspect has changed in your employment as you have become older? | |
| 6. If yes, please elaborate on the things that have changed (positive and/or negative) | |
| 7. Have you been treated less favourably than other people because of your age? Please list ALL occasions when you were treated less favourably | |
| 8. Do you have a line manager who is significantly younger than you, and if so, is this a problem? Yes/No | |
| 9. If yes, please explain in what way this is a problem | |
| 10. Are you aware of anybody else (in this workplace) who has experienced age discrimination in any way? Yes/No | |
| 11. If yes, please elaborate | |
| 12. Determining your choice to stay in this job, assign the percentage of importance you give to | |
| 14. Do you think you are above, below, or on the median age of staff working here? | |
| 2. Does society have a role in diminishing age discrimination? | 13. Although they have not directly told me, my employer or colleagues think that, because of my age |
| 15. At any time since the age of 50, were you in a situation, at work or when looking for work, where you believed that you were treated less favourably than other people in a similar situation because of your age or because of assumptions made about older people, even though you were not told directly that your age was the reason? | |
| 16. If yes, did this episode occur when you were applying for a job or promotion with your current employer, when applying for a job with someone you were not employed by, or in relation to some other aspect of your work? | |
| 17. What impact, if any, did that episode have on you? (Choose as many as applicable to your situation) |
| Research questions | Interview question |
|---|---|
| 1. What are older workers’ perceptions about their work? | 3. Were you working here before you turned 50? Yes/No |
| 4. How many years have you been working here since the age of 50 or above? | |
| 5. Do you feel that any aspect has changed in your employment as you have become older? | |
| 6. If yes, please elaborate on the things that have changed (positive and/or negative) | |
| 7. Have you been treated less favourably than other people because of your age? Please list ALL occasions when you were treated less favourably | |
| 8. Do you have a line manager who is significantly younger than you, and if so, is this a problem? Yes/No | |
| 9. If yes, please explain in what way this is a problem | |
| 10. Are you aware of anybody else (in this workplace) who has experienced age discrimination in any way? Yes/No | |
| 11. If yes, please elaborate | |
| 12. Determining your choice to stay in this job, assign the percentage of importance you give to | |
| 14. Do you think you are above, below, or on the median age of staff working here? | |
| 2. Does society have a role in diminishing age discrimination? | 13. Although they have not directly told me, my employer or colleagues think that, because of my age |
| 15. At any time since the age of 50, were you in a situation, at work or when looking for work, where you believed that you were treated less favourably than other people in a similar situation because of your age or because of assumptions made about older people, even though you were not told directly that your age was the reason? | |
| 16. If yes, did this episode occur when you were applying for a job or promotion with your current employer, when applying for a job with someone you were not employed by, or in relation to some other aspect of your work? | |
| 17. What impact, if any, did that episode have on you? (Choose as many as applicable to your situation) |