Do middle-aged workers perform their work as competently as younger adults? Age-related declines occur in some occupations, such as air traffic controliers and professional athletes, but for most job,on differences have been found in the worj performance of young adults and middle-aged adults(Salthouse,2012).
For many people, midlife is a time of evaluation, assessment, and reflection in terms of the work they are doing and want to do in the future (moen, 2009). Among the work issues that some people face in midlife are recognizing limitations in career progress, deciding whether to change jobs or careers, deciding whether to rebalance family and work, and planning for retirement (sterns & Huyck,2001 ).