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Merits, Volume 3, Issue 1

2023 March - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,528 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
5 Citations
11,411 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....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership in the Workplace)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
10,684 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,174 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
17,346 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
7 Citations
7,999 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,214 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
4 Citations
3,938 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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Changing Realities for Women and Work: The Impact of COVID-19 and Prospects for the Post-Pandemic Work World)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,885 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
11,576 Views
26 Pages

27 December 2022

Over the past 30 years, the workplace has witnessed significant changes. The fast growth in the use of information and communication technologies and changes in working hours and agreements radically changed the nature of the job. One such change is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,808 Views
14 Pages

An Empirical Examination of the Genesis of Psychological Ownership

  • Donald G. Gardner,
  • Jon L. Pierce and
  • Feng Lv

27 December 2022

While there are many empirical studies of psychological ownership, there are few that examine the origins of it. Why do people develop feelings of ownership over various entities in their lives? In this investigation we empirically explore the role p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,948 Views
16 Pages

Dimensionality of the Causes of Churning: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis

  • Olga Alexandra Chinita Pirrolas and
  • Pedro Miguel Alves Ribeiro Correia

26 December 2022

The present study was conducted in Portugal and had, as its object of study, workers from Portuguese companies belonging to several sectors of activity. The main goal of this study was the identification of the dimensions related to the causes of chu...

  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
1 Citations
7,692 Views
20 Pages

20 December 2022

Human resource management and leadership are often required to create, sustain, and manage meaning in the workplace. Spirituality in the workplace is a focal idea in this context but lacks conceptual clarity. This article examines the general logic o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership in the Workplace)
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