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  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,529 Views
16 Pages

Workforce Ageing and Labour Productivity in Europe

  • Iñigo Calvo-Sotomayor,
  • Jon Paul Laka and
  • Ricardo Aguado

22 October 2019

This article analyses the influence of workforce ageing on labour productivity in Europe. This question is relevant because of the impact it may have on economic activity, social security systems sustainability and the wellbeing of the population. Th...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,654 Views
16 Pages

27 December 2022

The increase in older workers in industrialized countries has become evident in the past two decades. The need to support the ageing workforce to effectively perform their tasks has resulted in Ambient Assisted Working (AAW), consisting of developing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,923 Views
14 Pages

This study addresses a lack of knowledge of how US multinational organizations are preparing for an ageing workforce. The study took the form of a qualitative multiple-case study, comprising in depth semi-structured interviews of senior managers in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,952 Views
11 Pages

1 February 2023

Demographic changes, increasing life expectancy, and increasing healthy life expectancy lead to an increasingly ageing workforce. This condition has a growing impact on the workforce in today’s industries. However, old workers are not a burden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
18,211 Views
13 Pages

9 November 2019

Taiwan’s population is aging at a fast pace, and its aged society is expected to transition into a hyper-aged society within eight years. Population aging has been a matter of international concern; however, there remain differing views about i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,197 Views
20 Pages

The fast population ageing has generated and will continue to generate large social, economic and health challenges in the 21th century in Australia, and many other developed and developing countries. Population ageing is projected to lead to workfor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,557 Views
25 Pages

The Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has highlighted the chronic shortages of labour to provide care for those aged 65 and over in rural and remote areas of Australia. This descriptive cross-sectional study compares the a...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
18,638 Views
24 Pages

Factors Impacting Retention of Aged Care Workers: A Systematic Review

  • Claire Thwaites,
  • Jonathan P. McKercher,
  • Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh,
  • Irene Blackberry,
  • Julia F-M. Gilmartin-Thomas,
  • Nicholas F. Taylor,
  • Sharon L. Bourke,
  • Sally Fowler-Davis,
  • Susan Hammond and
  • Meg E. Morris

21 November 2023

Retention of care support workers in residential aged care facilities and home-based, domiciliary aged care is a global challenge, with rapid turnover, low job satisfaction, and poorly defined career pathways. A mixed-methods systematic review of the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,299 Views
19 Pages

Remote Work, Well-Being, and Healthy Labor Force Participation Among Older Adults: A Scoping Review

  • Kola Adegoke,
  • Temitope Kayode,
  • Mallika Singh,
  • Michael Gusmano,
  • Kenneth A. Knapp and
  • Abigail M. Steger

Background: Aging populations make expanded workforce participation among older adults an economic and public health priority. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the growth of virtual work, providing new opportunities for healthy aging in the workplac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
10,088 Views
19 Pages

In the context of an aging workforce, this study explores the interaction between age, burnout, and emotion-regulation strategies (ERS). Despite recognized challenges in managing age diversity and employee well-being, the direct impact of age on burn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,548 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Stress on the Work Ability of Aging American Workers: Mediating Effects of Health

  • Tianan Yang,
  • Taoming Liu,
  • Run Lei,
  • Jianwei Deng and
  • Guoquan Xu

We examined how stress affects the work ability of an aging workforce, how health mediates this relationship, and how the effects of stress on work ability differ in relation to social status. We analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Survey, n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,173 Views
15 Pages

Workability in the Ageing Workforce—A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study

  • Niels-Peter Brøchner Nygaard,
  • Gert Frank Thomsen,
  • Jesper Rasmussen,
  • Lars Rauff Skadhauge and
  • Bibi Gram

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of age, musculoskeletal pain and ergonomic exposure on workability in the oldest group of workers. Methods: The study was a population based cross-sectional survey. The study populat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,174 Views
13 Pages

29 April 2022

Due to the aging workforce, older workers, especially in the healthcare industry, must remain employable. However, older healthcare workers may face age discrimination that can limit their employability chances. In this study, we examined (a) the cau...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,282 Views
16 Pages

19 August 2024

The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is a red flag in industries and is considered an occupational health issue that affects the operator’s well-being, safety, and health. This study contributes to understanding the impact o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,017 Views
28 Pages

(1) Background: This mixed methods research (MMR) study explored older employees’ experiences of chronic musculoskeletal disorders (CMSDs) in relation to their employment, their perspectives on managing these conditions in the workplace and the...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,208 Views
10 Pages

Changes in workplace demographics in the oil and gas industry have raised a concern about the risks of a knowledge-loss crisis due to mass retirement. The industry response has often consisted of strategies aimed at mapping knowledge across organizat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,275 Views
16 Pages

Logging Industry in the United States: Employment and Profitability

  • Mingtao He,
  • Mathew Smidt,
  • Wenying Li and
  • Yaoqi Zhang

7 December 2021

This study analyzed logging industry employment and profitability in recent decades in the U.S. based on Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI), Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), and Timber Produ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,563 Views
16 Pages

17 December 2021

Improving life satisfaction is consistent with the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals. Although there are many studies examining life satisfaction, research on the influencing mechanisms remains a hot topic and scholars hope to explore...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,775 Views
11 Pages

10 March 2024

While striving to optimize overall efficiency, smart manufacturing systems face various problems presented by the aging workforce in modern society. The proportion of aging workers is rapidly increasing worldwide, and visual perception, which plays a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,660 Views
12 Pages

Association between the General Practitioner Workforce Crisis and Premature Mortality in Hungary: Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Health Insurance Data from 2006 to 2014

  • János Sándor,
  • Anita Pálinkás,
  • Ferenc Vincze,
  • Valéria Sipos,
  • Nóra Kovács,
  • Tibor Jenei,
  • Zsófia Falusi,
  • László Pál,
  • László Kőrösi and
  • Róza Ádány
  • + 1 author

The workforce crisis of primary care is reflected in the increasing number of general medical practices (GMP) with vacant general practitioner (GP) positions, and the GPs’ ageing. Our study aimed to describe the association between this crisis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,699 Views
12 Pages

Background: Given the documented importance of employment for middle-aged and older adults’ mental health, studies of the association between their number of work hours and depressive symptoms are needed. Objectives: To examine the association...

  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
9,671 Views
16 Pages

Lifestyle Health Behaviors of Nurses and Midwives: The ‘Fit for the Future’ Study

  • Lin Perry,
  • Xiaoyue Xu,
  • Robyn Gallagher,
  • Rachel Nicholls,
  • David Sibbritt and
  • Christine Duffield

Nurses and midwives (nurses) are the principle role models and health educators for the wider population. This study sought to identify the health-related behaviors of the nursing workforce of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, compared to contemporar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,310 Views
18 Pages

25 August 2022

Background: Demographic changes across the globe create increasing demands for care labour mobility. The contribution of migrant workers to the long-term care (LTC) systems is not confined to the western world or countries that have already completed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
298 Views
15 Pages

15 December 2025

This study examined the associations of job training and work environment with professionalism among direct long-term care (LTC) workers in South Korea. Given the cross-sectional design, the findings reflect statistical associations rather than causa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,692 Views
16 Pages

Intrinsic Workforce Diversity and Construction Worker Productivity in Pakistan: Impact of Employee Age and Industry Experience

  • Ahsen Maqsoom,
  • Hasnain Mubbasit,
  • Muwaffaq Alqurashi,
  • Iram Shaheen,
  • Wesam Salah Alaloul,
  • Muhammad Ali Musarat,
  • Alaa Salman,
  • Bilal Aslam,
  • Bilel Zerouali and
  • Enas E. Hussein

27 December 2021

Worker productivity is critical within construction projects as it is the measure of the rate at which work is performed and, more importantly, helps to know how to motivate them to perform at high levels. This research aimed to examine the impact of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,213 Views
13 Pages

Older Worker-Orientated Human Resource Practices, Wellbeing and Leave Intentions: A Conservation of Resources Approach for Ageing Workforces

  • Ben Farr-Wharton,
  • Tim Bentley,
  • Leigh-ann Onnis,
  • Carlo Caponecchia,
  • Abilio De Almeida Neto,
  • Sharron O’Neill and
  • Catherine Andrew

At a time where there are ageing populations, global shortages of skilled labour, and migration pathways impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, retaining older workers presents as a vital strategic initiative for organizations globally. This study examin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,563 Views
21 Pages

Human Cognitive and Motor Abilities in the Aging Workforce: An Information-Based Model

  • Salvatore Digiesi,
  • Daniela Cavallo,
  • Andrea Lucchese and
  • Carlotta Mummolo

28 August 2020

In the digital society, individuals are in charge of performing tasks based on the information gathered by huge amount of data and effectively use them to manifest their cognitive and motor abilities. In this paper, on the basis of experimental studi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
376 Views
12 Pages

8 December 2025

Background: The aged care sector in Australia is increasingly focused on a personalised care approach which prioritises dignity and respect for older adults. With a growing ageing population, we are also seeing more complexity in health needs and pal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
112 Citations
16,459 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Co-Worker and Supervisor Support on Job Stress and Presenteeism in an Aging Workforce: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

  • Tianan Yang,
  • Yu-Ming Shen,
  • Mingjing Zhu,
  • Yuanling Liu,
  • Jianwei Deng,
  • Qian Chen and
  • Lai-Chu See

We examined the effects of co-worker and supervisor support on job stress and presenteeism in an aging workforce. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate data from the 2010 wave of the Health and Retirement Survey in the United States (n =...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
7,823 Views
15 Pages

Building a Sustainable Construction Workforce

  • Rosemary K. Sokas,
  • Xiuwen Sue Dong and
  • Chris Trahan Cain

The average U.S. construction worker is aged 42.6 years, and will not be eligible for full Social Security retirement benefits until age 67. Delayed retirement is largely driven by economic need, but construction workers face considerable challenges...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,242 Views
15 Pages

Aged-care services are in crisis through a combination of rising demand and increasing costs. Quality of care is often reported to be insufficient. Medical science has increased lifespans but the overmedicalisation of aged care may affect the financi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,662 Views
23 Pages

Access to Assistive Technology during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: Voices of Users and Families

  • Natasha Layton,
  • Daniel Mont,
  • Louise Puli,
  • Irene Calvo,
  • Kylie Shae,
  • Emma Tebbutt,
  • Keith D. Hill,
  • Libby Callaway,
  • Diana Hiscock and
  • Mahpekai Sidiqi
  • + 2 authors

The SARS COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2019 and has impacted people everywhere. Disparities in impact and outcomes are becoming apparent for individuals and communities which go beyond the trajectory of the disease itself, influenced by the strength a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,992 Views
14 Pages

(1) Background: The increasing presence of employed women undergoing menopause has stimulated a growing corpus of research highlighting the complex relationship between menopause and work. Nevertheless, little is known regarding the mechanism by whic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,615 Views
18 Pages

18 April 2023

Given their occupation’s inherent income instability, the promotion of endowment insurance among construction workers is essential. This research reports the barriers and facilitators involved in promoting endowment insurance to construction wo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,360 Views
12 Pages

Gender and Age Variations in Pharmacists’ Job Satisfaction in the United States

  • Manuel J. Carvajal,
  • Ioana Popovici and
  • Patrick C. Hardigan

While several studies have attested the presence of systematic gender and age variations in pharmacists’ satisfaction with their jobs, only a few of them have considered both classifications simultaneously. None have done so while systematicall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,592 Views
13 Pages

Return to Work of Healthcare Workers after SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Determinants of Physical and Mental Health

  • Maddalena Grazzini,
  • Lucrezia Ginevra Lulli,
  • Nicola Mucci,
  • Diana Paolini,
  • Antonio Baldassarre,
  • Veronica Gallinoro,
  • Annarita Chiarelli,
  • Fabrizio Niccolini and
  • Giulio Arcangeli

Introduction. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has involved healthcare workers (HCWs) both as caregivers and as patients. This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the HCWs working in a third-level hospital in Central Italy who were infected w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,494 Views
13 Pages

1 November 2022

This study explored and compared the psychological wellbeing, burnout, coping strategies and work-related quality of life amongst health and social care workers in older adults’ care homes and community settings during the COVID-19 pandemic in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,429 Views
14 Pages

6 September 2025

Background: Influenza-related absenteeism causes significant economic implications. Vaccination is the most effective intervention for preventing influenza infection and its complications. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of seasonal influen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
157 Views
9 Pages

Regional Differences in Medicare Reimbursements and Gastroenterology Workforce Dynamics: Implications for Access to Care

  • Jason N. Chen,
  • Eric C. H. Leung,
  • Jacob Evans,
  • Cassidy Swain,
  • Arham Siddiqui,
  • Duke Appiah and
  • Sameer Islam

21 January 2026

Background: As the U.S. population ages, the need for gastrointestinal (GI) care and procedures grows. Medicare is a significant payer for these procedures, but declining reimbursements raise concerns about the availability of GIs and thus equitable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,245 Views
14 Pages

1 July 2020

Cynical hostility in the workplace has been studied. However, there is still no complete study examining how cynical hostility affects work performance. We examined how work environment impacts presenteeism through the mediation of cynical hostility...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,040 Views
19 Pages

The World Health Organisation emphasises the importance of addressing gaps in health systems where rehabilitation services are poorly integrated. In South Africa, regions with the largest disability rates are usually the areas where rehabilitation is...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,612 Views
13 Pages

12 June 2024

In view of global population ageing and of policies that support longer working lives, especially in developed countries, it is important to achieve diversity in organisations through age management. Age management is the “management of human r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,208 Views
16 Pages

21 October 2025

Background: In healthcare institutions, radiologists play an essential role in patients’ care, enabling them to begin treatment and start their recoveries. However, data on the characteristics and distribution of the radiology workforce in Saud...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,865 Views
15 Pages

Aging at Work: A Review of Recent Trends and Future Directions

  • Jasmina Barakovic Husic,
  • Francisco José Melero,
  • Sabina Barakovic,
  • Petre Lameski,
  • Eftim Zdravevski,
  • Petra Maresova,
  • Ondrej Krejcar,
  • Ivan Chorbev,
  • Nuno M. Garcia and
  • Vladimir Trajkovik

Demographic data suggest a rapid aging trend in the active workforce. The concept of aging at work comes from the urgent requirement to help the aging workforce of the contemporary industries to maintain productivity while achieving a work and privat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,664 Views
15 Pages

14 October 2025

Background: NHS England has an ageing workforce. Approximately 30 percent of the NHS England workforce are aged 50 years and over, and the British Medical Association has argued that it is important that employers meet the needs of their ageing workf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,798 Views
13 Pages

17 January 2025

This study examined the challenges of the predominantly male, aging workforce in South Korea′s tire manufacturing industry, focusing on physical demands, job stress, and burnout. The present study surveyed 400 workers employed on the production...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,951 Views
12 Pages

5 August 2020

The aging workforce challenges companies to keep their aging employees employable in the workforce. This paper gives an indication as to which employees are more likely to be interested in further learning and employability. Specifically, the aim of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,366 Views
16 Pages

Workforce Trends Among Canadian Medical Oncologists and Medical Oncology Trainees over Two Decades

  • Adam Fundytus,
  • Sarah Cook,
  • Steven M. Yip,
  • Shaun K. Loewen and
  • Desiree Hao

Background: Understanding oncology health human resources across Canada is critical to the delivery of quality cancer care. Little has been published about the medical oncology (MO) workforce and trainees; this study sought to characterize trends in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,341 Views
14 Pages

Preparing Graduates to Meet the Allied Health Workforce Needs in Rural Australia: Short-Term Outcomes from a Longitudinal Study

  • Leanne Brown,
  • Tony Smith,
  • Luke Wakely,
  • Alexandra Little,
  • Rebecca Wolfgang and
  • Julie Burrows

The future allied health workforce needs to be flexible to meet the needs of an ageing population with increasing chronic health care needs and geographically dispersed populations in many developed countries. Existing research shows the maldistribut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
437 Views
18 Pages

Strengthening the Neonatal Workforce Through World Café Methodology

  • Suza Trajkovski,
  • Linda Ng,
  • Patricia Lowe and
  • Margaret Broom

19 November 2025

Aim: This workshop aimed to facilitate in-depth discussions, promote knowledge sharing, and generate evidence-informed strategies to improve the recruitment and retention of the neonatal nursing workforce in Australia. Research Design: A qualitative...

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