Work Across the Lifespan – Georgia Tech Work Science Center

Adult Online Learning: The Experience of Skill Building in the GT OMSCS ProgramApril 29, 2022
PIs: Julia Melkers (Arizona State University) and Ruth Kanfer Project: Online skill building graduate programs are rapidly gaining popularity among adults seeking to reskill or upskill their competencies in bright prospect fields, such as computer science. The GT OMSCS program has … Continue reading “Adult Online Learning: The Experience of Skill Building in the GT OMSCS Program”
Forum: Building an Applied Science to Support Working LearnersJanuary 25, 2022
A virtual assembly funded by the National Science Foundation took place across four weeks in July 2021. The purpose of the assembly was to build a framework for applied research to promote educational and mobility opportunities for “working learners” – … Continue reading “Forum: Building an Applied Science to Support Working Learners”
Personnel Psychology Call for Papers/Special IssueSeptember 23, 2019
Date: Monday, September 23, 2019 Personnel Psychology has a call for papers for their special issue, entitled “What’s Age got to do with it? Age and Age-Related Differences in the workplace.” Special Issue Editors are all Work Science Center members: Margaret Beier, … Continue reading “Personnel Psychology Call for Papers/Special Issue”
Eldercare and WorkersJuly 31, 2019
By: Keaton Fletcher Research Hole: Workers Caring for Elders Work Science Center Network Member Boris Baltes teamed up with four other researches to put out a plea: help fill the knowledge gap about workers caring for elders. These five scientists … Continue reading “Eldercare and Workers”
Network Research Highlight: Outcomes of Negative Age StereotypesJune 19, 2019
By: Keaton Fletcher Meta-stereotypes are those that we think other people hold against a group. So an age meta-stereotype is what you think other people think about your age group. These stereotypes can be positive or negative. Work Science Center … Continue reading “Network Research Highlight: Outcomes of Negative Age Stereotypes”
Building a Bridge from Fulltime Work to RetirementFebruary 4, 2019
By: Riley Swab Although older workers contribute valuable ideas, knowledge, and experience to the workforce, these can often be overshadowed by their potential loss in innovative ideas and physical abilities (Zacher, Kooij, & Beier, 2018). A solution to this cost-benefit … Continue reading “Building a Bridge from Fulltime Work to Retirement”