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Oliveira EADS. The temporal dynamics of age metastereotyping and thriving at work. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/1359432x.2022.2149396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rudolph CW, Zacher H. How, Why, and When is the Average Age of Employees Related to Climate for Innovation? The Role of Age Diversity, Focus on Opportunities, and Work Engagement. GROUP & ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/10596011221078666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Folk wisdom suggests that “you cannot teach an old dog new tricks.” Accordingly, as the average age of the workforce increases, there is a potential concern based on negative stereotypes that organizations will become less innovative. Drawing from lifespan development theories and theorizing on innovation, we explore this concern by testing, at the organization level of analysis, whether the average age of employees is indirectly related to climate for innovation through employees’ aggregate focus on opportunities (i.e., a negative indirect effect) and work engagement (i.e., a positive indirect effect). Moreover, we proposed that organizational age diversity is a protective resource that moderates these relationships, such that they are weaker in organizations with high as compared to low age diversity. Organization-level data were collected from teaching and non-teaching staff in n = 133 schools across two time points separated by 4 years (Time 1 n = 3712 respondents; Time 2 n = 5183 respondents). Results suggest that the average age of employees within schools was negatively related to employees’ aggregate focus on opportunities which, in turn, positively predicted climate for innovation above and beyond the positive effect of work engagement. Moreover, the negative indirect effect of average age on climate for innovation through aggregate focus on opportunities was weaker for organizations with high age diversity. Overall, these findings contribute to a better understanding of relationships between age and age-related characteristics and climate for innovation at the organization level, and challenge common misunderstandings regarding the role of age in the workplace.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cort W. Rudolph
- Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Wilhelm Wundt Institute of Psychology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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De Meulenaere K, Allen DG, Kunze F. Age separation and voluntary turnover: asymmetric effects for collective turnover rates and individual turnover intentions depending on age. PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/peps.12505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kim De Meulenaere
- University of Antwerp Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Management & Antwerp Management School Prinsstraat 13 Antwerp 2000 Belgium
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- TCU Neeley School of Business Management and Leadership Fort Worth TX 76129 USA
- Warwick Business School University of Warwick UK
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- University of Konstanz Chair for Organizational Studies Universitätsstraße 10 Konstanz 78464 Germany
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