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Nurses' generational stereotypes and self-stereotypes: a cognitive study
- Source :
- Journal of Health Organization and Management. 36:216-239
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Emerald, 2021.
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Abstract
- PurposeThe 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.Design/methodology/approachThis 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.FindingsBeliefs 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.Practical implicationsNurses 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.Originality/valueThe 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.
- Subjects :
- Value (ethics)
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Exploratory research
Nurses
Social identification
Generational identity
Cognitive mapping
Cognition
Originality
Humans
Repertory grid
Nursing staff
Repertory grid technique
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Diversity
Stereotyping
Cognitive map
Health Policy
Intergenerational relations
Hospital management
Cross-Sectional Studies
Nurse administrators
Categorization
Mental model
Intergenerational Relations
Workforce
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Psychology
Social psychology
Diversity (politics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14777266
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Organization and Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a32e68238f5a7dcbb1986e9ff62b02aa