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Hypothesis: The rapid technology shift and move to remote due to the covid pandemic has left most older individuals feeling alienated in the workforce.

Proposal Outline

Introduction:

• Explain the covid pandemic
• Explain the shift to a remote working environment

Literature Review:

• Rapid Technological Shift (Mckinsey, 2020)
  • Telework (Stiles & Smart, 2021)
    • Burnout (White, G. 2021).
  • Understanding Digital Divide
    • (Pelczarski, 2021)
    • (Pirhonen, 2020)

Methodology

• Get permission from companies to send the survey out to all employees
  • Randomly select at least four companies located throughout the U.S.
• Conduct using Survey Monkey
  • Likert 5-point Scale
  • Gather at least 300 responses back
• Remove incomplete responses
• Analyze completed responses
  • Break responses by age groups
    • Race, gender, education, work experience
    • Compare findings

Discussion

• Strengths and weaknesses of the study
• Future implications of the study
• Follow-up study ideas