| Autor: |
Koziel RJ; Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA., Friedrich JC; Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA., Rudolph CW; Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA., Zacher H; Wilhelm Wundt Institute of Psychology, Leipzig University, 04109 Leipzig, Germany. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
International journal of environmental research and public health [Int J Environ Res Public Health] 2021 Nov 27; Vol. 18 (23). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 27. |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ijerph182312509 |
| Abstrakt: |
Little is known about the relative influence of age-differentiated leadership on healthy aging at work. Likewise, the age-conditional influence of age-differentiated leadership is understudied, and especially so in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a three-wave longitudinal study, we examined the role that age-differentiated leadership plays in the prediction of work ability, as measured three times over six months ( n = 1130) during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany (i.e., December 2019, March 2020, and June 2020). The results suggest that although there were no systematic changes in work ability on average, there was notable within-person variability in work ability over time. Additionally, we find that a balanced approach to age-differentiated leadership that considers the needs of both older and younger employees matters most and complements the positive influence of leader-member exchange for predicting within-person variability in work ability. We also find that older employees' work ability benefits from an approach to age-differentiated leadership that considers older employee's needs, whereas younger employees' work ability especially benefits from leader-member exchange and a balanced approach to age-differentiated leadership. Overall, these results provide initial support for the idea that an age-differentiated approach to leadership is important when considering healthy aging at work. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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