**5. Conclusions**

Although the respondents reported low levels of workplace discrimination, ageism was significantly predictive of life satisfaction. In addition, the results sugges<sup>t</sup> that ageism may play a more primary role in accounting for life satisfaction than job engagemen<sup>t</sup> and climate-related variables in accounting for life satisfaction. These results sugges<sup>t</sup> that institutions should intensify efforts to reduce ageism via policies, procedures, and educational efforts. The present study findings are limited by a large number of individuals choosing not to respond to the survey and, thus, the findings are to be considered preliminary. All of the zero-order correlations are small, even though some of them were found to be significant. The results of the study need to be replicated with a much larger sample through which it will be possible to obtain greater variability on these variables. Given the changing global demographics and the increase in the number of older workers, an exploration of factors that influence satisfaction with work and life are important areas that warrant further investigation.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; methodology, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; software, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; validation, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; formal analysis, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; investigation, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; resources, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; data curation, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; writing—original draft preparation, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; writing—review and editing, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; visualization, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; supervision, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; project administration, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M.; funding acquisition, J.T.M., V.K.K., J.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of West Chester University of Pennsylvania (protocol code 20191009A and 5 April 2009).

**Informed Consent Statement:** Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

**Data Availability Statement:** Not applicable.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
