Age and personal initiative at work

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Proactive Work Behavior: Forward-Thinking and Change-Oriented Action in Organizations (2011, background): “Some studies show no relationships with age (Morrison & Phelps, 1999; Warr & Fay, 2001 for male respondents) whereas others suggest less proactivity for older workers (Jannsen & Van Yperen, 2004; Axtell et al., 2000) and one study shows greater proactivity with age, at least for women (Warr & Fay,…”
Age-related differences in work motivation (2012, background): “Warr and Fay (2001) found that older adults were less likely to engage in education initiatives (e.g. participating in continuing education, future self-development intentions) which the authors attribute to potentially greater anxiety about learning difficulties.”
Age, resistance to change, and job performance (2013, background): “Furthermore, in research on personal initiative and proactivity, no effects or even positive relationships were found with regard to age (Van Veldhoven and Dorenbosch, 2008; Warr and Fay, 2001).”
Age, proactivity and career development (2008, background): “Among the active performance concepts recently forwarded, personal initiative is one of the better-researched constructs (Frese et al., 1996; Frese et al., 1997; Frese and Fay, 2001; Warr and Fay, 2001).”
Moving European research on work and ageing forward: Overview and agenda (2010, unknown): “Also, older workers’ preparedness to develop might be lower than in younger employees (Warr & Fay, 2001).”