For Whom the Pandemic Tolls: A Person-Centric Analysis of Older Workers
Ruth Kanfer, Sibley F. Lyndgaard, Corey E. Tatel
Abstract
We offer a worker-centric perspective on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the aging workforce. We briefly describe 3 broad characteristics of pandemics-mortality salience, isolation from the workplace, and rising unemployment-in terms of their associated pathways of influence on older workers, and recommendations for future research.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicWorkforceUnemploymentSalience (neuroscience)Perspective (graphical)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Isolation (microbiology)Aging in the American workforcePsychologyDemographic economicsPolitical scienceSociologyEconomic growthEconomicsMedicineComputer scienceCognitive psychologyDiseaseBiologyPathologyArtificial intelligenceInfectious disease (medical specialty)MicrobiologyEmployment and Welfare StudiesRetirement, Disability, and EmploymentCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts