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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Frontiers in Public Health

Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol

  • Mariya Lorke1
  • Vivian Carstensen1,2
  1. 1University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSBI)
  2. 2Leibniz University Hannover
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Abstract

Background: Evidence suggests that appropriately managed diversity in healthcare teams can enhance problem-solving, resilience, job satisfaction – all crucial for workforce retention. This scoping review aims to map evidence on how lived diversity experience is conceptualized and operationalized as an individual resource among care workers.

Methods: An interdisciplinary approach across social anthropology, health sciences, and labor economics will be adopted. The databases to be searched include MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus and Web of Science and sources of grey literature. A two-stage screening process will be followed by systematic data extraction, with findings synthesized through descriptive numerical summaries and qualitative thematic analysis.

Results: This scoping review is expected to shift the focus from organisational-level diversity research to research on how diversity contributes as an individual resource in care work contexts. It will map how diversity-as-resource is theoretically operationalized across disciplines, identifying existing measurement approaches and potentially revealing critical gaps in current assessment methods.

Conclusion: By synthesizing evidence on how care workers’ lived diversity experiences are deployed as valuable competencies in care delivery, this review will provide foundational knowledge to inform workforce transformational strategies.

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@article{lorke2026diversity,
  title = {{Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol}},
  author = {Mariya Lorke and Vivian Carstensen},
  journal = {Frontiers in Public Health},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688},
  url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688/full},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol
AU  - Mariya Lorke
AU  - Vivian Carstensen
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/20
JO  - Frontiers in Public Health
DO  - 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688/full
AB  - Background: Evidence suggests that appropriately managed diversity in healthcare teams can enhance problem-solving, resilience, job satisfaction – all crucial for workforce retention. This scoping review aims to map evidence on how lived diversity experience is conceptualized and operationalized as an individual resource among care workers.  Methods: An interdisciplinary approach across social anthropology, health sciences, and labor economics will be adopted. The databases to be searched include MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus and Web of Science and sources of grey literature. A two-stage screening process will be followed by systematic data extraction, with findings synthesized through descriptive numerical summaries and qualitative thematic analysis.  Results: This scoping review is expected to shift the focus from organisational-level diversity research to research on how diversity contributes as an individual resource in care work contexts. It will map how diversity-as-resource is theoretically operationalized across disciplines, identifying existing measurement approaches and potentially revealing critical gaps in current assessment methods.  Conclusion: By synthesizing evidence on how care workers’ lived diversity experiences are deployed as valuable competencies in care delivery, this review will provide foundational knowledge to inform workforce transformational strategies.
SN  - 2296-2565
ER  -