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Merits, Volume 3, Issue 1

March 2023 - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,699 Views
18 Pages

20 March 2023

The literature on careers is rapidly evolving, presenting relevant academic developments. Considering the volatility of the environment and the workforce and the search for sustainability, a new research avenue concerning sustainable careers is emerg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,670 Views
24 Pages

Charting the Journey of Young Leaders: A New Model of Transferability of Skills

  • Despoina Karagianni,
  • Olga Lainidi and
  • Anthony Montgomery

20 March 2023

Globally, adolescents and young adults are calling for action from governments on global humanitarian crises, taking on leadership roles that have contributed to redefining leadership in terms of behavior and action rather than qualities and status....

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,433 Views
20 Pages

6 March 2023

This study aims to examine the effects of various maternity leave support on the quiet quitting behaviors and mental health conditions of working mothers across industries during the post-pandemic period. Through an empirical survey method of 310 val...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,357 Views
19 Pages

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Work: Career Advancement Challenges

  • Sara McPhee Lafkas,
  • Marin Christensen and
  • Susan R. Madsen

22 February 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic upended countless lives all over the world. Considerable research has shown that women’s career progression has been more negatively impacted by the pandemic than men’s, especially in the wake of school closures and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
12,892 Views
16 Pages

Digging into “Zoom Fatigue”: A Qualitative Exploration of Remote Work Challenges and Virtual Meeting Stressors

  • Svea Luebstorf,
  • Joseph A. Allen,
  • Emilee Eden,
  • William S. Kramer,
  • Roni Reiter-Palmon and
  • Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock

15 February 2023

Purpose: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees suddenly had to work remotely and realize all work-related social interaction in virtual formats. The sudden shift to the virtual format came with new workplace stressors. To understand the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,335 Views
18 Pages

1 February 2023

Extrinsic structural inequities, such as historical biases against women in certain professions, their delegation to lower-paying jobs, gender, racial, and other discrimination, and additional systemic factors have been extensively studied as barrier...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,543 Views
16 Pages

The Construction of the “Older Worker”

  • Hannes Zacher and
  • Cort W. Rudolph

17 January 2023

The notion of the “older worker” is frequently used in the organizational literature, in organizational practice, and in society, but so far, no research has investigated why people consider someone to be an older worker at a certain age....

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,321 Views
19 Pages

9 January 2023

Working women forced to quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown often faced additional unpaid care responsibilities, requiring a “second or even a third shift”, such as educating their children in addition to caring for them whil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,400 Views
19 Pages

29 December 2022

Encouraged by the perceived success of new public management (NPM) in other nations globally, the Abu Dhabi government adopted this system of management after 2010. To date, limited research has investigated the advantages and disadvantages of NPM fo...

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