Evaluation of the Accessibility of Elderly Individuals to Airline Company Websites

Technological and social developments cause the birth and death rates to decrease. This has a direct effect on the increase in the rate of old age in the total population. In Turkey like in other countries, they face various problems in transportation in addition to education, health, justice, and social security. Therefore, the airline companies should provide some special services to elderly individuals in terms of accessibility and usability for their websites. This chapter aims to examine the accessibility of websites of airline companies for 65 and older individuals. Then, the second aim of this chapter is to determine the criteria for accessibility and alternatives. Then the next aim of this chapter is to determine the weights of these criteria and evaluate the alternatives with multi-criteria decision-making methods. The best airline company for airline website according to OWA, WASPAS, WSM, and WPM methods is Alternative 1.

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Decision-Making in Old Age: Cautiousness and Rigidity

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/lfua-4kr0-b0qx-m584 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 89-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Richard E. Calhoun ◽

Sam L. Hutchison

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Old Age ◽

The Elderly ◽

Elderly Individual ◽

Elderly Individuals ◽

Two Factors ◽

Behavioral Rigidity ◽

Elderly Participant ◽

Risky Decisions

The purpose of the present study was to test the findings of Botwinick's work on cautiousness and decision-making in old age [1, 2], along with an examination of two factors not previously studied: rigidity and certainty of decision outcome. Sixty-four elderly participants of both sexes participated in filling out the Choice Dilemmas Questionnaire (CDQ) after having been classified as high or low on Schaie's Test of Behavioral Rigidity [3]. In general, Botwinick's conclusions were supported: 1. when given the opportunity to avoid making decisions on the CDQ, the elderly did so, even under conditions of no risk at all concerning the outcome of the decision; 2. elderly individuals appeared to become more conservative and cautious in their decisions when the outcome was directed at the lives of young individuals than when older individual's lifestyles were of concern. This latter phenomenon, however, was not seen when the elderly participant was required to make a decision and could not elect to abstain. In addition, rigidity was found to be related to risky decisions made by the elderly individual.

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An Inquiry into the Positive Personal and Social Effects of Old Age Stereotypes among the Elderly

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/lve8-kq7w-nb19-nfj8 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 277-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Michael C. Kearl

Keyword(s):

Old Age ◽

Relative Deprivation ◽

Age Groups ◽

The Elderly ◽

Social Effects ◽

Relative Advantage ◽

Older Individuals ◽

Age Stereotypes ◽

Elderly Individuals ◽

Alternative Perspective

Much has been written or inferred about the detrimental consequences of old age stereotypes for elderly individuals. This paper presents and tests an alternative perspective called relative advantage. As the reciprocal counterpart of relative deprivation theory, this perspective claims that such stereotypes may be psychologically and sociologically functional for the old to believe. Using the results of the 1975 Louis Harris-NCOA “The Myth and Reality of Aging in America” survey, two hypotheses were tested: 1) those who feel other older individuals are worse off than themselves will have higher life satisfaction scores than those perceiving others to be as well or better off; 2) these imputations of others' difficulties correlate with one's likelihood to support and join coalitions on behalf of the old and to approve government taxing of all age groups to support them. The evidence presented raises some dysfunctional implications of debunking aging myths.

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How well does a partnership in pensions really work? The Israeli public/private pension mix

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x02008619 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 161-183 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

JOHN GAL

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Old Age ◽

Pension System ◽

Pension Reform ◽

Welfare States ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Test Case ◽

Older Individuals ◽

Social Security Systems ◽

Security Systems

This paper takes the old-age pension system in Israel as a test case to examine the implications of proposals for pension reform now being debated or implemented in many welfare states. For over a decade, high on the agenda of decision-makers on both national and international levels, there has been the notion of moving towards a changing ‘partnership in pensions’ or, to put it more bluntly, towards greater privatisation of social security. Virtually since its emergence in the 1950s, the Israeli old-age pension has been based primarily upon a mix of low universal state pensions and income-related private occupational pensions. This paper compares the British and Israeli social security systems for older people in the wake of the reforms recently introduced in Britain and analyses the implications of the Israeli structure on the distribution of social security spending and on the wellbeing of different categories of older individuals.

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Pension and Retirement Programs

Encyclopedia of Social Work ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.282 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Robert B. Hudson

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Income Distribution ◽

Social Workers ◽

Old Age ◽

Retirement Income ◽

Defined Contribution ◽

Older Individuals ◽

Private Pensions ◽

Income Adequacy ◽

Pension Coverage

In the American retirement income picture, private pensions occupy a critical but underused place. Roughly one-half of Americans do not have private pension coverage, and those who do not tend to be concentrated in the lower levels of the overall income distribution. Pension coverage and adequacy are reviewed here as is the place of private pensions in assuring income adequacy in old age. Pressures on Social Security and “traditional” pensions will make the place of defined contribution (401k-type plans) increasingly important to older individuals, including social workers.

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Framework to Analyze Construction Labor Productivity Using Fuzzy Data Clustering and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making

Construction Research Congress 2020 ◽

10.1061/9780784482865.006 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Matin Kazerooni ◽

Mohammad Raoufi ◽

Aminah Robinson Fayek

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Labor Productivity ◽

Data Clustering ◽

Fuzzy Data ◽

Multi Criteria Decision Making

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Perancangan aplikasi multi criteria decision making dalam penerimaan beasiswa kepada dosen studi lanjut STMIK Balikpapan menggunakan metode SAW

Jurnal Sistem Informasi dan Komputer Terapan Indonesia (JSIKTI) ◽

10.33173/jsikti.10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 35-42

Author(s):

Muslimin B ◽

Sumardi Sumardi

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Teaching Assistants ◽

Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽

Scholarship Recipients ◽

The Matrix ◽

Application Decision ◽

High Degree ◽

New Student

Interests and number of STMIK Balikpapan new student enrollments are increasing every year. The balance of the ratio of lecturers to students is one of the most important components in improving the quality and teaching and learning process of a university. Avoiding shortages in the number of lecturers can be realized by providing scholarship programs to alumni and teaching assistants. This study aims to build a multi criteria decision making application that can assist the Head of HRD in the process of receiving scholarships to advanced and effective study lecturers. The multi criteria decision making application developed in this study uses the SAW method. The implementation of the SAW method includes the process of evaluating the weighting of criteria, evaluating alternative weights, the matrix process, the results of decision making preferences, resulting in the weighting and ranking of each alternative candidate for the scholarship recipient. The results of the evaluation of multi-criteria application decision making in the study are expected to produce modeling with a high degree of accuracy. The results of the analysis carried out can provide alternative recommendations for prospective scholarship recipients to advanced study lecturers in STMIK Balikpapan.

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Applying the Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Ranking Commercial Banks: The Case of Vietnam

Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.33301/2019.jed.spi.09 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 125-133

Author(s):

Duong Truong Thi Thuy ◽

Anh Pham Thi Hoang

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Commercial Banks ◽

Decision Model ◽

Business Models ◽

Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽

Ideal Solution ◽

Topsis Method ◽

Decision Making Model

Banking has always played an important role in the economy because of its effects on individuals as well as on the economy. In the process of renovation and modernization of the country, the system of commercial banks has changed dramatically. Business models and services have become more diversified. Therefore, the performance of commercial banks is always attracting the attention of managers, supervisors, banks and customers. Bank ranking can be viewed as a multi-criteria decision model. This article uses the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method to rank some commercial banks in Vietnam.

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