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Together with a German financial institute, we designed and tested age-diverse coworker training to boost digital collaboration. Results showed improved informal learning, when age-diverse training partners are enthusiastic about technology.<\/p>\n

The Challenge<\/h2>\n

To remain competitive in age-diverse and digital work environments, organisations have to actively manage and support its age-diverse workforce. Aligned with the people strategy, a financial institute in Germany wanted to improve collaboration between employees of different age and increase mutual technology-related learning.<\/p>\n

The Experiment<\/h2>\n

We designed a training intervention for age-diverse coworkers, framing the intersection of age and technology as an untapped opportunity. The study\u2019s aim was to examine when and for whom such training can be effective.<\/p>\n

Design:<\/strong> Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), with training and control groups, three time-lagged quantitative Surveys.
Intervention:<\/strong> Half-day trainings at partner\u2019s headquarter for age-diverse colleagues, participating in coworker dyads.
Sample:<\/strong> 286 employees of all ages, nested in 143 dyads with an average age difference of at 22 years.
Timespan:<\/strong> Around 9 months from the first to the third survey, including training.<\/p>\n

The Findings<\/h2>\n

The technology-related age diversity training promotes informal learning, specifically technology exploration and mutual learning, by raising participants digital collaboration readiness. This positive effect only occurs when the age-diverse training partner has higher technology enthusiasm, highlighting the crucial role of social influence in learning effectiveness.<\/p>\n

The Contribution<\/h2>\n

The study offers our partner organisation an empirically tested training intervention, specifically designed for their age-diverse employees in a digital work setting. It provides a blueprint for fostering informal workplace learning by leveraging age-based resources.<\/p>\n

Revealing the power of coworker technology enthusiasm in amplifying the training’s effectiveness, the organisation can create a supportive learning environment. For example by enabling coworkers to pace their learning and support each other on the digital transformation process.<\/p>\n

The Details<\/h2>\n