The survey also showed that older, more educated individuals with high-powered careers preferred older bosses.
The ideal leadership age increased by one-sixth of a year for each year of the respondent's age, but at some point in their 50s, respondents started to prefer a boss younger than them, Lovaglia said.
'Age is a complicated status characteristic. Supervisors are seen as gaining value up to a certain age, but that prestige and influence seems to reach a maximum at some point. And experience cuts both ways. The only way to get a lot of experience is to get older. So experience is good, as long as you don't get too old doing it,' he said.
Image: Republican presidential candidate John McCain grimaces as a member of the audience asks about his recent poll numbers during a town hall meeting at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada.
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