Date

6-16-2025

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Chair

Sarah Jo Spiridigliozzi

Keywords

Discrimination, Ageism, Older workers, Pandemic, COVID-19, Retirement, Stereotypes, age, stress, organizational support, job satisfaction

Disciplines

Psychology

Abstract

This study focused on the well-being of healthcare employees and their experience following COVID-19. The pandemic has negatively affected adults over the age of 50 in the United States and limited their ability to return to work. Older adults who have returned to work have faced challenges with discrimination, lack of work, stress, and other factors. A survey of 59 adult healthcare workers, 21 years and older, was conducted to determine whether there is a relation between age and perceptions of organizational support during the pandemic including work factors such as stress, job satisfaction, and age discrimination. A non-experimental research design was used to examine the relationships with organizational support (COVID-19 Organizational Support Scale) and job satisfaction (abridged Job Descriptive Index and abridged Job in General scales) Other work factors were measured stress (Stress in General) and age discrimination (Workplace Age Discrimination Scale). Spearman correlations failed to reveal relationships between age with organizational support rs (59) = -.041, p = .918, job satisfaction rs (59) = .237, p = .07, stress rs (56) = -.083, p = 0.541 and age discrimination rs (59) = .082, p = .539. These findings suggest age may not be a primary issue that affects post-COVID stress, job satisfaction, or age support workplace in this study. Future studies should explore different organizations and fields of work to understand employee experiences post-COVID.

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