Table 1.
Means, standard deviations, and correlations for all of the variables (N = 100–102).
| Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Age | 36.10 | 6.64 | - | |||||||
| (2) Sex (1 = male) | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0.10 | - | ||||||
| (3) Education (1 = university degree) | 0.85 | 0.36 | -0.15 | -0.03 | - | |||||
| (4) Social desirability sum score | 6.95 | 2.07 | 0.22∗ | 0.10 | 0.00 | - | ||||
| (5) Core self-evaluations | 4.43 | 0.78 | 0.23∗ | 0.02 | 0.27∗∗ | 0.37∗∗ | - | |||
| (6) Negative attitudes toward older workers | 3.42 | 0.67 | -0.10 | 0.10 | 0.15† | -0.17† | -0.10 | - | ||
| (7) Avoidance of hiring older people | 3.15 | 1.00 | -0.25∗ | 0.10 | 0.06 | -0.14 | -0.27∗∗ | 0.62∗∗ | - | |
| (8) Selection of the oldest candidate (1 = yes) | 0.25 | 0.43 | -0.00 | 0.06 | -0.02 | -0.07 | -0.01 | -0.05 | -0.16† | - |
†p < 0.10, ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01.