Age Differences in Visual Attention and Responses to Intergenerational and Non-intergenerational Workplace Conflicts.

ABSTRACT: Intergenerational conflict occurs commonly in the workplace because of age-related differences in work attitudes and values. This study aimed to advance the current literature on aging and work by examining whether younger and older workers differ in their visual attention, emotional responses, and conflict strategies when observing hypothetical conflict vignettes involving a coworker from a similar or dissimilar age group. The indirect effect of age group on emotional responses and conflict strategies through visual fixation on conflict scenes was also examined. Utilizing eye tracking, the visual attention of younger and older workers while watching two hypothetical workplace task conflict videos was recorded and compared. The participants were also asked to imagine how they would respond

SUBMITTER: Yeung DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8215446 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature