[{"year":"2026","type":"journal_article","doi":"10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688","volume":14,"publisher":"Frontiers Media SA","oa":"1","quality_controlled":"1","title":"Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol","status":"public","publication":"Frontiers in Public Health","date_updated":"2026-10-21T12:47:20Z","date_created":"2026-10-20T11:10:15Z","publication_status":"published","user_id":"220548","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2296-2565"]},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"abstract":[{"text":"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.\r\n\r\nMethods: 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. \r\n\r\nResults: 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. \r\n\r\nConclusion: 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","lang":"eng"}],"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1"}],"_id":"7224","intvolume":"        14","citation":{"bibtex":"@article{Lorke_Carstensen_2026, title={Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol}, volume={14}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688\">10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688</a>}, journal={Frontiers in Public Health}, publisher={Frontiers Media SA}, author={Lorke, Mariya and Carstensen, Vivian}, year={2026} }","ama":"Lorke M, Carstensen V. Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol. <i>Frontiers in Public Health</i>. 2026;14. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688\">10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688</a>","alphadin":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Lorke, Mariya</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Carstensen, Vivian</span>: Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol. In: <i>Frontiers in Public Health</i> Bd. 14, Frontiers Media SA (2026)","mla":"Lorke, Mariya, and Vivian Carstensen. “Diversity as an Individual Resource in Care Work of the Future: A Scoping Review Protocol.” <i>Frontiers in Public Health</i>, vol. 14, Frontiers Media SA, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688\">10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688</a>.","ieee":"M. Lorke and V. Carstensen, “Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol,” <i>Frontiers in Public Health</i>, vol. 14, 2026.","short":"M. Lorke, V. Carstensen, Frontiers in Public Health 14 (2026).","chicago":"Lorke, Mariya, and Vivian Carstensen. “Diversity as an Individual Resource in Care Work of the Future: A Scoping Review Protocol.” <i>Frontiers in Public Health</i> 14 (2026). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688\">https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688</a>.","apa":"Lorke, M., &#38; Carstensen, V. (2026). Diversity as an individual resource in care work of the future: a scoping review protocol. <i>Frontiers in Public Health</i>, <i>14</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688\">https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1892688</a>"},"department":[{"_id":"4b2dc5c9-bee3-11eb-b75f-ecc80f94fb21"}],"author":[{"id":"252430","first_name":"Mariya","last_name":"Lorke","orcid":"0000-0002-1201-427X","orcid_put_code_url":"https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0002-1201-427X/work/230595304","full_name":"Lorke, Mariya"},{"id":"76794","first_name":"Vivian","last_name":"Carstensen","orcid":"0009-0009-5913-8817","orcid_put_code_url":"https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0009-0009-5913-8817/work/230595305","full_name":"Carstensen, Vivian"}]}]