Intergenerational mentoring in Germany: older people support young people's transitions from school to work

Schlimbach, Tabea

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“…Beyond that, age diversity in the working environment may have a number of benefits; they were described, for instance, by Schlimbach (2010). This influence was clearly reflected in the contents transmitted in learning interactions in family businesses.…”

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“…On the other hand, age diversity may provide a number of benefits, such as acknowledgment and activation of older employees, opportunities for their involvement and integration in society and their engagement in support networks, as well as problem-solving inspiration from the experiences of other generations (Schlimbach, 2010). Vendramin (2009) believes that the factors differentiating the individual generations 2 are not limited to age; attitude toward work and other factors may also play a role.…”

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A Family Business as a Space for Intergenerational Learning Interactions

Kamanová¹,

Pevná²,

Rabušicová³

2016

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The broadening use of the concepts of lifelong and lifewide learning has opened space for exploring learning processes beyond official educational institutions providing formal education. Environments where adults learn intensively in both informal and non-formal ways include businesses. The specific environment of family businesses is an attractive research topic in the context of intergenerational learning and consistent with the concept of workplace learning (Evans, Hodkinson, Rainbird, & Unwin, 2006;Novotný, 2009 Studia paedagogica vol. 21, n. 2, 2016 44 LENKA KAMANOVÁ, KATEŘINA PEVNÁ, MILADA RABUŠICOVÁ Theoretical frameworkWhile family businesses control nearly 80% of the GDP created by the private sector on an international scale, their share of the GDP in the Czech Republic is slightly below 25%, despite the fact that the number of family businesses keeps growing (Odehnalová, 2009). This situation is due to the developments after 1948, when private property was taken over by the state, and the private sector, including family businesses, was nearly wiped out of existence. The turning point was the political changeover of 1989, when new businesses could be established and traditions of the interwar republic resumed. Now, more than 25 years after their re-emergence, family businesses are not exempt from demographic trends, particularly population ageing. Many family businesses are thus facing a change of generations and have to deal with passing the legacy and family tradition on to the next generation. This co-shapes the space for intergenerational learning. Although there has been a lot of literature concerning age-heterogeneous work teams and the ensuing challenges, most of this research focused on management or economic issues rather than the andragogic point of view. These studies, with smaller or greater empirical emphasis, define ways to cope with age variety in the workplace while preserving continuity and effectiveness of operation (e.g. Ilmarinen & Tuomi, 2004;Ropes, 2013;Spannring, 2008;Vendramin, 2009). Empirical studies explaining cross-generational learning processes in environments as specific as the family business are less numerous, and are very rare in the Czech Republic. Such studies address teaching or learning the family business (Lansberg & Gersick, 2015;Sorenson & Milbrandt, 2015), continuity and stewardship (Konopaski, Jack, & Hamilton, 2015;Le Breton-Miller & Miller, 2015), or organizational culture specifics (Ruiz Jimenéz, Vallejo Martos, & Martínez Jimenéz, 2015;Barroso Martinéz, Sanguino Galván, & Baňegil Palacios, 2013). Our approach integrates these topics to a certain extent, attempting to provide a comprehensive view of intergenerational learning in family businesses. On family businessesWhat businesses should be regarded as family ones? It is evident that labelling businesses simply as family or non-family is not sufficient. The two labels are rather two opposing poles of a continuum, the scale including countless variants differing by the role that family plays in...

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Rabušicová³

2016

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Psychosocial variables of the interactive mobile interface for geriatric persons in a Kenyan setting: An exploratory study

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Ochieng

Waiganjo

2021

Journal of Psychology in Africa

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Does mentoring make immigrants more desirable? A conjoint analysis

Weiss

Tulin

2019

Migration Studies

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High levels of immigration to Germany have led to increased interests in integration programs. Yet, it is unclear to what extent immigrant participation in integration programs affects attitudes toward immigrants among the host population. This article measures which immigrant attributes German respondents find desirable, and how these features interact with participation in a mentoring program with a local mentor. Mentoring is often employed to aid immigrant integration and typically focuses on psychosocial, social capital, and employment-related goals. Our results show that Germans prefer traits conducive to gainful employment. While migrant ethnicity had no significant effect, migrant religion was salient. Muslim immigrants were preferred less than immigrants of other religions, and this effect was stronger among respondents living in areas with higher support for far-right politics. Participation in a mentoring program increased migrant desirability both directly and indirectly by mitigating the negative effects of having lower levels of education, little work experience, not speaking German and being Muslim.

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Intergenerational mentoring in Germany: older people support young people's transitions from school to work

Cited by 7 publications

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A Family Business as a Space for Intergenerational Learning Interactions

A Family Business as a Space for Intergenerational Learning Interactions

Psychosocial variables of the interactive mobile interface for geriatric persons in a Kenyan setting: An exploratory study

Does mentoring make immigrants more desirable? A conjoint analysis

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