Abstract Based on the social identity theory, this paper employs a longitudinal survey to explore the effects, mechanisms and boundary conditions of inclusive human resource management influencing the older employees’ work engagement. The results reveal the follow foundlings. Inclusive human resource management has a significant positive impact on the older employees’ work engagement. Perceived age similarity plays a mediating role between inclusive human resource management and the older employees’ work engagement. Aging essentialism belief negatively regulates the direct impact of inclusive human resource management on perceived age similarity of the older employees. At the same time, aging essentialism belief negatively regulates the indirect effect of inclusive human resource management on the older employees’ work engagement through perceived age similarity.
ZHAO Fuqiang,GAO Han,CHEN Yun等. Research on Mechanism of Inclusive Human Resource Management on Older Employees’ Work Engagement[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2025, 22(5): 868-.
