Age-diverse training groups: How knowledge sharing and psychological safety promote individual learning outcomes

Gerpott, F.H.; Lehmann-Willenbrock, N.; Wenzel, Ramon; Voelpel, S.C.

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Gerpott, F.H.

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N.

Wenzel, Ramon

Voelpel, S.C.

Date

2015

Type

Conference Paper

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Citation

Gerpott, F.H. and Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. and Wenzel, R. and Voelpel, S.C. 2015. Age-diverse training groups: How knowledge sharing and psychological safety promote individual learning outcomes. In Proceedings of the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 7-11 Aug 2015. Vancouver, Canada.

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75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

School

School of Management and Marketing

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82507

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Perceived (but not objective) age diversity is negatively linked to learning in on-site industrial training groups. This relationship is mediated by knowledge sharing and moderated by psychological safety climate, such that the indirect negative effect of age diversity on learning through knowledge sharing occurs only when psychological safety is low.