One threat, two paths: A social identity model of age discrimination's asymmetric impact on older workers' knowledge seeking and sharing.
Organizations risk losing invaluable expertise as the workforce ages, a problem exacerbated when age discrimination discourages older workers from sharing and seeking knowledge. Drawing on the workplace inclusion framework and work design theory, this study investigates a moderated mediation model w...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 1 - 25 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2026
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