title: Appreciating age diversity and German nurse well-being and commitment: co-worker trust as the mediator.
abstract: Nursing practice faces the challenges of succeeding with a great diversity of customers and managing a diverse workforce with a wide range of age differences. While age diversity can lead to increased creativity and a greater richness of values and skills, it can also lead to value clashes, disrespect of each other's viewpoints, and increased conflict. As a result, nurses frequently experience stress, work-life imbalance, and a withdrawal from commitment. We propose the injection of positive diversity mindsets (age diversity appreciation) as one remedy. Specifically, we suggest that age diversity appreciation is positively related to nurses' well-being (stress and work-life balance), and also positively related to their team commitment. We further hypothesize that nurses' trust in co-workers mediates the hypothesized relationships. Our survey data of 138 nurses in a large hospital in Germany supported our hypotheses. We discuss both theoretical and managerial implications of our findings in the context of age diversity and nursing work outcomes in hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Nale
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lehmann-Willenbrock
authors.forename: Zhike
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kauffeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D035502:Trust; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D055815:Young Adult