The driving mechanisms of older workers’ knowledge seeking from younger coworkers

Key Points

• The research aims to explore the factors that motivate older workers to seek knowledge from their younger coworkers.
• Developed a theoretical framework based on previous findings and the theory of planned behavior.
• Identified key antecedents to knowledge seeking behavior among older employees.
• Examined factors influencing knowledge seeking, such as attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control.
• Older workers' knowledge seeking is influenced by their attitudes towards seeking knowledge.
• Subjective norms and perceived behavioral control significantly shape the behavior of older employees.
• Both individual factors and organizational context act as constraints affecting knowledge seeking.