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Altersdiversität als Organisationskompetenz: Chancen und Herausforderungen

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Zusammenfassung

Der demographische Wandel bedingt für Organisationen, dass sie sich mit zunehmend altersdiversen Belegschaftsstrukturen konfrontiert sehen. Der folgende Beitrag setzt sich damit auseinander, welche Chancen und Herausforderungen sich aus dieser Entwicklung ergeben. Auf Basis von aktuellen Ergebnissen aus der Organisations-, Management- und psychologischen Forschung werden zunächst potenzielle Auswirkungen von Altersdiversität auf die teambezogene und organisationale Leistungsfähigkeit beleuchtet. Darauf aufbauend werden konkrete Ansätze für Entscheidungsträger in Managementpositionen entwickelt, um den Herausforderungen steigender Altersdiversität in Organisationen erfolgreich zu begegnen.

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    Aus Gründen der besseren Lesbarkeit wird im folgenden Text auf die weibliche Form jeglicher Personenbezeichnungen verzichtet.

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Kunze, F., Goecke, T. (2016). Altersdiversität als Organisationskompetenz: Chancen und Herausforderungen. In: Genkova, P., Ringeisen, T. (eds) Handbuch Diversity Kompetenz: Gegenstandsbereiche. Springer Reference Psychologie . Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08932-0_12-2

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