Age and management team performance
How are certain components of VM performance affected by alcohol intoxication?
Theoretical views on human aging differ considerably. Some have argued that research provides clear evidence for declines in performance in later life (e.g, Botwinick, 1977; Horn& Donaldson, 1976). Others have suggested that intellectual decline among older people has been overestimated (e.g., Baltes & Schaie, 1974; Schaie, 1974). While acknowledging changes in functioning, Baltes and Lindenberger (1988; cf. Baltes & Schaie, 1976) have argued that continued "plasticity" in older people might compensate for losses of specific skills.
It has been suggested that older people, especially after retirement, tend to use different kinds of skills and capacities (e.g, socially-oriented skills). Previously important skills might decline because of disuse or might be replaced by more applicable skills (cf. Cunningham, 1981; Labouvie-Vief, 198I).In this view, comparative assessment of skills relevant in the lives of young or middle-aged adults might bias research data against older people.
