Purpose

Organizations can greatly benefit from the transfer of knowledge from older employees to younger generations. However, older workers often hesitate to share their expertise with their younger colleagues. Grounded in conservation of resources theory and the stereotype threat framework, this study aims at examining the negative impact of age-based stereotype threat on organizational knowledge management.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors developed a moderated mediation model and collected data from 219 older workers with a time-lagged design to explore the effect of age-based stereotype threat on older workers’ knowledge hiding.

Findings

The results showed that age-based stereotype threat could lead to knowledge hiding behaviors among older workers due to increased job insecurity, and leader-member exchange can potentially mitigate these effects.

Originality/value

The findings underscore the detrimental effect of age-based stereotype threat on organizational knowledge management and suggest that organizations should foster an age-inclusive environment to facilitate effective intergenerational knowledge transfer.

中文翻译：

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为了我的工作保障：研究基于年龄的刻板印象威胁对老年工人知识隐藏的影响

 目的

组织可以从老员工向年轻一代的知识转移中获益匪浅。然而，年长的员工往往不愿意与年轻的同事分享他们的专业知识。本研究以资源保护理论和刻板印象威胁框架为基础，旨在探讨基于年龄的刻板印象威胁对组织知识管理的负面影响。

设计/方法论/途径

作者开发了一个有调节的中介模型，并通过时滞设计收集了 219 名老年工人的数据，以探讨基于年龄的刻板印象威胁对老年工人知识隐藏的影响。

 发现

结果表明，由于工作不安全感增加，基于年龄的刻板印象威胁可能会导致老年工人出现知识隐藏行为，而领导者与成员之间的交流可以潜在地减轻这些影响。

 原创性/价值

研究结果强调了基于年龄的刻板印象威胁对组织知识管理的不利影响，并建议组织应营造一个包容年龄的环境，以促进有效的代际知识转移。