related ▁disc rim ination . ▁▁ ▁Man agers ▁have ▁been ▁accused , ▁by ▁Erd man ▁Pal more , ▁as ▁s tere ot yp ing ▁older ▁workers ▁as ▁being ▁resist ant ▁to ▁change , ▁not ▁cre ative , ▁c aut ious , ▁slow ▁to ▁make ▁jud g ments , ▁lower ▁in ▁physical ▁capacity , ▁un inter ested ▁in ▁techn ological ▁change , ▁and ▁difficult ▁to ▁train . ▁Another ▁example ▁is ▁when ▁people ▁are ▁r ude ▁to ▁children ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁high ▁pitch ed ▁voice , ▁even ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁kind ▁and ▁cour te ous . ▁A ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁research ▁literature ▁related ▁to ▁age ▁s tere ot ypes ▁in ▁the ▁work place ▁was ▁recently ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Journal ▁of ▁Management . ▁ ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁common ▁and ▁more ▁obvious ▁forms ▁of ▁s tere ot yp ing , ▁such ▁as ▁rac ism ▁and ▁sex ism , ▁age ism ▁is ▁more ▁resist ant ▁to ▁change . ▁For ▁instance , ▁if ▁a ▁child ▁bel ieves ▁in ▁an ▁age ist ▁idea ▁against ▁the ▁elder ly , ▁fewer ▁people ▁correct ▁them , ▁and , ▁as ▁a ▁result , ▁individuals ▁grow ▁up ▁bel ieving ▁in ▁age ist ▁ideas , ▁even ▁el ders ▁themselves . ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁age ism ▁can ▁become ▁a ▁self - ful fill ing ▁prop he cy . ▁ ▁Age ist ▁belief s ▁against ▁the ▁elder ly ▁are ▁common place ▁in ▁today ' s ▁society . ▁For ▁example , ▁an ▁older ▁person ▁who ▁forget s ▁something ▁could ▁be ▁quick ▁to ▁call ▁it ▁a ▁" sen