Nurses' generational stereotypes and self-stereotypes: a cognitive study.
Cognitive mapping
Diversity
Generational identity
Hospital management
Intergenerational relations
Mental model
Nurse administrators
Nursing staff
Repertory grid technique
Social identification
Stereotyping
Journal
Journal of health organization and management
ISSN: 1758-7247
Titre abrégé: J Health Organ Manag
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101179473
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Sep 2021
21 Sep 2021
Historique:
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2021
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2021
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Résumé
The present research offers insights into the generational stereotypical beliefs that different generations of nurses hold about the own and the other generations and the implications on the work floor. This cross-sectional, exploratory study employs a cognitive mapping approach known as the repertory grid. The sample consisted of 15 Generation Y, 15 Generation X and 15 Baby Boomer nurses. Beliefs of nurses about their own and the other generations direct social categorization and generational stereotypes of the in-group and out groups. These stereotypes mold nurses' beliefs and attitudes towards their coworkers and are enacted leading to self-fulfilling prophecies. Especially Generation Y and Baby Boomer nurses are negatively stereotyped and have their ways to deal with these negative stereotypes. Nurses and their managers who hold generational stereotypes may unknowingly create cliques within an organization and adopt behaviors and expectations based on generational (self-) stereotypes. The author offers noteworthy insights for fostering intergenerational synergies amongst nurses, which are important since the level of interdependent relations amongst nurses required to provide care. The present study moves away from the research about the typical characteristics of nurses across the generational workforce. Instead, mental models about how different generations of nurses construe their coworkers belonging to different generations including their own generation are drawn. Employing the repertory grid technique (RGT), an established method for uncovering people's personal and collective belief systems, the present study shows how generational stereotyping and self-stereotyping among nurses belonging to varying generational cohorts occurs and debates its implications.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34542247
doi: 10.1108/JHOM-05-2021-0171
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© Emerald Publishing Limited.
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