Developing age-inclusive mindsets in future managers: insights from a classroom intervention
Maria Eduarda Soares, Chantale Jeanrie, Dinis Macedo, Susana Santos, Bruno Futre, Frederico Caetano, Abílio Zacarias, Paulo Almeida Gonçalves, Michelle Putnam · 2026
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Maria Eduarda Soares and co-authors test a classroom intervention to build age-inclusive mindsets in future managers, in this 2026 Europe PMC paper. Older workers make up a growing share of the labor force, which brings new challenges for managers. The team asked whether a brief class session could shift students' views.
More than two hundred first-year undergraduates took surveys before and after the session, which mixed feedback on aging knowledge with testimonial videos from older workers. Views of older workers' adaptability, conscientiousness, generosity and value improved at once, and most gains held a month later. Perceived generosity most strongly predicted willingness to work with older people.
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| CREATOR | Maria Eduarda Soares, Chantale Jeanrie, Dinis Macedo, Susana Santos, Bruno Futre, Frederico Caetano, Abílio Zacarias, Paulo Almeida Gonçalves, Michelle Putnam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |