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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Aging workforce."”.
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A qualitative case study to investigate the barriers to educational and professional development an aging workforce faces in an evolved digital workplace.
Many middle-aged workers in logistics, aged 40 to 60 years, for a multitude of reasons, are not advancing in their careers. The literature shows that age and perceived abilities impact how employers view and engage with middle-aged workers. Studies show that educational level and the relevance of …
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Stepping into leadership : addressing the transition for new heads of school.
… of qualified school leaders, exacerbated by an aging workforce and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlights the need for effective support to prevent burnout and improve retention. Research shows that transitioning into school leadership is often emotionally and professionally …
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An Examination Of Best Practices In Retention In The Associate Degree Nursing Programin The Florida Community College System
… to worsen over the next twenty years due to the aging workforce and the inadequate supply of qualified nurse graduates. The Associate degree nursing programs supply the majority of nursing graduates to the workforce. Thus, the associate degree nursing programs and student retention measures were …
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Creating & Validating a Teacher Resilience Scale in the U.S. Context
… including high attrition rates and an aging workforce, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior research highlights teacher resilience as a critical factor in addressing these challenges, emphasizing its multi-dimensional and contextual nature. While several international scales have …
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HEALTH FACTORS AND THE TO-WORK, AT-WORK, AND TO-RETIRE GOALS OF OLDER WORKERS
<p>Our workforce continues to gray due to advances in medical science and new technology, which allows workers to remain in the workforce longer. Furthermore, we need our current workforce to remain motivated and work until an older age due to decreased birth rates and the smaller size of the post …
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EXPLORING KEY DECISION MAKERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF EXTENDED REALITY USE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN MINING FIELD SERVICES
… AND EXPERIENCES OF EXTENDED REALITY (XR) USE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN MINING FIELD SERVICES Significant workforce issues confront the mining sector, such as a lack of skilled workers, an aging workforce that is approaching retirement, and the need for new skills due to rapid technological …
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Collaborative systems thinking : an exploration of the mechanisms enabling team systems thinking
… successfully. Within the aerospace industry, an aging workforce places those with the most systems experience near retirement at a time when fewer new programs exist to provide systems experience to the incoming generation of aerospace engineers and leaders. The resulting population will be a set …
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Using Thermography to Evaluate the Effects of Arm Flexion and Loading on the Anterior Deltoid during a Simulated Overhead Task
… research due to rising healthcare costs, an aging workforce, and long recovery times. Substantial research has been performed in the area of shoulder WMSDs and a number of risk factors have been implicated in their development; including static loads, repetition, and deviated posture. …
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Succession Management Practices And Their Implications On Employee Retention In Public Sector Organizations In Kenya
… to avert any succession crisis arising from an aging workforce. This should be considered during the recruitment and selection exercise.
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Retirement and Re-Entry Decision-Making: A Faculty Perspective
<p>Universities are faced with an aging workforce and threatened with deficits in number and quality of replacements for retirees. New policies and programs affecting retirement and workforce re-entry are taking shape. This points to the need for research on the factors used by faculty members in …
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Beyond the Glass Ceiling: How women attain tenure and career progression in stigmatized careers
… decreasing, partly due to the retirement of the aging workforce and decreasing incoming employees in the trades. There is also a stigma surrounding the skilled trades, which may cause these careers to be perceived as less attractive for potential incoming employees. Simultaneously, there is a …
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Creating a diverse technical workforce in the Federal Government : the challenges of growing and sustaining technical talent in the new millennium
… changing diversity statistics that are not encouraging for future workforce shaping initiatives. With the recent cutbacks to the S&E workforce and many organizations facing retirement eligibility statistics nearing 50%, the technical workforce dynamics are changing. In an attempt to create a …
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Systems Architecting the Future of Construction Enterprise for Intrapreneurship
… industry faces a severe problem of an aging workforce and shortage. Construction companies seek to diversify their revenue base and promote intrapreneurship, but results have been limited. This thesis aims to analyze factors that lead to the current situation and the architecture that …
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Factors That Motivate and Inhibit Educators to Apply for the Principalship
… shortage caused by the competing factors of an aging workforce, along with recent changes to the role expectations of the principalship making the position less desirable to potential candidates have been well documented in recent years. Effective schools research shows that principals are …
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Credential Attainment by Older Workers: The Role of Community Colleges and the Dislocated Worker Program in Successful Employment Outcomes
… for a new occupation to become reemployed. An aging workforce combined with concerns about the long-term viability of social welfare programs has increased the importance of identifying strategies to encourage working at older ages. In recent years there has been increased focus on credential …
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Wie junge Kohorten individualisiert alternsgerecht führen
… age-appropriate management (IAM) adapt to an aging workforce and the changing work capacity of employees? Based on the concept of IAM, perception, attitudes and behavior of young managers in public administration in Switzerland were examined in a both qualitative (n = 11) and a quantitative (n …
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Disability and Return to Work Following Musculoskeletal Injury
… settled spontaneously, approximately 10% of the workforce with MSDs have difficulty resuming their original work or exit the workforce permanently. Return to work after MSDs is complex, and is influenced by many factors including physical, psychological, economic and social factors. Although …
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“Pay, Protection, and Professionalism”: The History of Domestic Worker Organizing and the Future of Home Health Care in the United States
… and describe the demographics of the current workforce – mostly immigrant women of color – as well as the aging population served by eldercare workers.</p> <p>As the population ages and more Americans find themselves in the Sandwich Generation – caring for parents and children simultaneously – …
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A phenomenological case study to describe the ageism-induced anxiety of job seekers aged 50–83.
… discrimination is a significant issue facing the workforce today. Many older job seekers find themselves in a predicament as they experience ageism-induced anxiety while seeking new employment. This phenomenological case study investigated the anxiety experienced by job seekers aged 50–83 during …