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Improving Team Performance in Age-Diverse Teams Using Lean Simulations

Westmoreland, Kierra M.
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5452-7295
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1430755355

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2015, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Industrial and Systems Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
The workforce is becoming more age diverse. Approximately seven in ten older adults say they will continue to work full or part time instead of retire (Khan, Rutledge, & Wu, 2014). Therefore, people of different age groups working together will be common across many industries. In this experiment, age diverse teams participated in three different lean simulations. The purpose of this research was to determine if lean simulations could improve team performance in age diverse teams. Assessments were used to determine if the experiment improved perceptions of age diversity and which activity reduced age salience and improved team interactions the most. Results indicated that appreciation of age diversity and team interpersonal processes were not statistically significant. Salience of age diversity was statistically significant between age groups and over time for the younger age group. Additionally, type of task was significantly related to how well participants perceived team interaction.
Diana Schwerha (Advisor)
Mary Tucker (Committee Member)
Dale Masel (Committee Member)
Dusan Sormaz (Committee Member)
83 p.
Engineering; Industrial Engineering; Management; Organizational Behavior
age diversity; lean teams; lean manufacturing; lean games; lean simulations; team building; age diverse team; teamwork; teams in the workplace; lean activities; team building activities; team performance; team interaction; team dynamic; age salience; lean

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  • Westmoreland, K. M. (2015). Improving Team Performance in Age-Diverse Teams Using Lean Simulations [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1430755355

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Westmoreland, Kierra. Improving Team Performance in Age-Diverse Teams Using Lean Simulations. 2015. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1430755355.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Westmoreland, Kierra. "Improving Team Performance in Age-Diverse Teams Using Lean Simulations." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1430755355

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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