The COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Financially Fragile and Aging Societies

Dalen, H.P. van; Henkens, Kène

doi:10.1093/workar/waaa011

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“…While "non-essential" workers are conducting more work virtually and with more flexible hours, other workers deemed "essential" are working in environments with new health and safety protocols and often with different demands and resources in place (e.g., with respect to physical equipment, coworker and customer contact). Even more workers have been furloughed or laid off altogether, with the need to turn to alternative forms of work to maintain income or, when feasible, resorting to early retirement (see Bui, Button, & Picciotti, 2020;Kanfer, Lyndgaard, & Tatel, 2020;van Dalen & Henkens, 2020).…”

Section: Myth #7: Members Of Younger Generations Are Disrupting Workmentioning

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Generations and Generational Differences: Debunking Myths in Organizational Science and Practice and Paving New Paths Forward

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Talk about generations is everywhere and particularly so in organizational science and practice. Recognizing and exploring the ubiquity of generations is important, especially because evidence for their existence is, at best, scant. In this article, we aim to achieve two goals that are targeted at answering the broad question: "What accounts for the ubiquity of generations despite a lack of evidence for their existence and impact?" First, we explore and "bust" ten common myths about the science and practice of generations and generational differences. Second, with these debunked myths as a backdrop, we focus on two alternative and complementary frameworks-the social constructionist perspective and the lifespan development perspective-with promise for changing the way we think about age, aging, and generations at work. We argue that the social constructionist perspective offers important opportunities for understanding the persistence and pervasiveness of generations and that, as an alternative to studying generations, the lifespan perspective represents a better model for understanding how age operates and development unfolds at work. Overall, we urge stakeholders in organizational science and practice (e.g., students, researchers, consultants, managers) to adopt more nuanced perspectives grounded in these models, rather than a generational perspective, to understand the influence of age and aging at work. Keywords Generations. Generational differences. Constructionist perspectives. Lifespan development People commonly talk about generations and like to make distinctions between them. Purported differences between generations have been blamed for everything from declining interest in baseball (Keeley, 2016) to changing patterns of processed cheese consumption (Mulvany & Patton, 2018). In the workplace, generations and generational differences have been credited for everything from declining levels of work ethic (e.g., Cenkus, 2017; cf. Zabel, Biermeier-Hanson, Baltes, Early, & Shepard, 2017), to higher rates of "job-hopping" (e.g., Adkins, 2016; cf. Costanza, Badger,

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Section: Myth #7: Members Of Younger Generations Are Disrupting Workmentioning

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“… 3 In addition to the health challenges older people face daily, they often experience substantial financial difficulties compared with younger adults. 4 , 5 Recurring evidence indicates that being older and having underlying chronic diseases are significant risk factors for COVID-19. 2 Most older adults (65 years and older) face the issues of frailty and underlying health conditions, risk factors for high COVID-19 infection and deaths rates in this population.…”

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Why is COVID-19 more deadly to nursing home residents?

McDonnell

2021

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

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COVID-19 is deadly to older adults, with research showing that being older and having underlying chronic diseases are significant risk factors for COVID-19 related deaths. However, though similarities exist between both nursing home residents and older community-dwelling people, nursing home residents are substantially more vulnerable to COVID-19. A closer review of both demographic groups provides clarity concerning the difference within the context of COVID-19. Therefore, to address the research gap, drawing insights from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs model, this article aims to examine similarities and differences in COVID-19 risk factors experienced by nursing home residents and community-dwelling older people.

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“…Nonetheless, scholars have highlighted the role of individual related aspects (i.e., work ability, job importance, perception of threat) [ 27 , 28 , 34 , 44 ] and contextual related aspects (i.e., perceptions of discrimination, fewer hiring and reemployment opportunities, financial situation) [ 28 , 31 , 32 , 45 ] that might influence older workers’ intentions to exit the workforce.…”

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Rapid Review on COVID-19, Work-Related Aspects, and Age Differences

Bellotti

Zaniboni

Balducci

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IJERPH

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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the labor market and multiple aspects of work and workers’ life. The present rapid review analyzes this impact considering the effects that COVID-19 pandemic had on employment and work-related aspects across different age groups. A comprehensive literature search was performed on scientific contributions published between 2019 and March 2021, resulting in 36 papers pertinent to the scope of this review. Findings were grouped according to different topics, all linked to age: occupational risk, implications on the labor market (i.e., job loss and reemployment, job insecurity, turnover intentions and retirement, and healthcare workers’ return-to-work phase), remote work, and key individual and organizational resources and strategies. Overall, the review revealed variability across age groups in the impact this pandemic had on employment and several work-related aspects (i.e., occupational risk, remote work). Findings supported an age-differential effect of normative history-graded events such as the current pandemic, highlighting different responses and consequences depending on workers’ age.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Financially Fragile and Aging Societies

Cited by 23 publications

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Generations and Generational Differences: Debunking Myths in Organizational Science and Practice and Paving New Paths Forward

Generations and Generational Differences: Debunking Myths in Organizational Science and Practice and Paving New Paths Forward

Why is COVID-19 more deadly to nursing home residents?

Rapid Review on COVID-19, Work-Related Aspects, and Age Differences

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