Amy M Schuster
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2227308 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Amy M Schuster |
| PRENOMES | Amy M |
| SOBRENOME | Schuster |
| ASSINATURA | SCHUSTER A M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Clemson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4472-0283 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Online Survey Researchers’ Experience With Fraudulent Responders
Due to the rise of fraudulent responders, either human or automated bots, researchers must carefully monitor online survey data quality. The literature on preventing and detecting fraudulent responders is growing, but the prevalence and experience of researchers experiencing fraudulent responders remains unknown. Through an online survey of researchers who have published studies using online surveys, this study explores researchers’ ( N = 675) kn…
It’s more than money
Online surveys are a popular method for collecting data in the social sciences. Despite its cost-effectiveness, concerns regarding the legitimacy of data from online surveys are increasing. One such concern is fraudulent responses or “spam” by malicious agents intentionally deceiving the survey process to gain monetary incentives or sway research results. The research costs of “spam”—their influence on research conclusions and their threat to sci…
The relationship between social media use and mattering for U.S. older adults
Research on mattering for older adults highlights the significance of social networks for overall wellness, where a lack of social support is associated with a decreased sense of mattering. As older adults experience life transitions like retirement or moving, maintaining social connections may become challenging. Social media use (SMU), can be used by older adults to maintain or expand social connections regardless of location. Prior research ex…
Strengthening the Research Enterprise Workforce in Higher Education
Factors ranging from societal shifts in work arrangements, higher education workforce aging, and burnout have resulted in national-level challenges for staffing research enterprise support roles. In the USA, these staffing challenges are especially present for the roles of research development and policy, research administration (pre- and post-award), and research integrity and compliance support. We present a novel method to meet these ongoing s…
College students’ life course drawings and their descriptions
Drawing is an effective method to understand attitudes and beliefs on aging, but the subject matter without an explanation can be misinterpreted. We explored college students’ drawings and written descriptions of the life course (N = 567). Participants drew, on average, five life phases. Most drawings included human figures, and most were alone in each life phase. Fifteen percent of the drawings were non-human representations. Some characteristic…
Striving for the self
Research has focused on the effects of the organizational setting on work identity. However, platform‐based gig work in particular features challenges to developing a positive work identity, such as high autonomy in the absence of organizational structure, and often the lack of a clear occupational title. We conducted focus groups with platform‐based gig drivers ( N = 53) and analyzed our data with an abductive approach, applying concepts from se…
Online health information seeking and the association with anxiety among older adults
Introduction: The Internet supplies users with endless access to a wealth of information and is generally the first source searched by U.S. adults (18 years and older) when seeking health information. Age and anxiety are associated with online health information seeking (OHIS). Older adults (65 years and older) are increasing their OHIS. Importantly, OHIS can potentially lead to improved health outcomes for older adults. The relationship between …
Correlation between socio-demographic factors and adoption and use of wearable activity trackers in online American older adults
Utilization of wearable technologies may help older adults maintain physical activity, which is key for reducing chronic diseases. Adoption and use of wearable technology is slowly increasing in the older adult population. This study investigated sociodemographic correlates of wearable activity tracker (WAT) use among online U.S. older adults, 65 years of age and older. Data was collected via an online survey (N = 1,252). Participants were, on av…
Building on the past to help prepare the workforce for the future with automated vehicles
Examining Aspects of Digital Inclusion Among National Samples of US Older Adults
We live in a world where we are constantly connected to devices (e.g., smartphones, computers, tablets) and are encouraged to go online to find information about most things in society. This constant digital connection provides the means whereby many individuals communicate and exchange social support. For most demographic groups, this results in being online and connected to devices multiple times each day. Older adults have been slower to adopt…
Concerns, Career Decisions, and Role Changes
The increasing adoption of automation will likely replace the tasks performed in many jobs, resulting in new challenges for workers. Yet, little is known regarding how workers perceive automation, including how it may influence their job attitudes and turnover intentions. Automated vehicles (AVs) are one example of new technology poised to alter the job of truck driving, which is overwhelmingly populated by older workers. In this study, we examin…
Will automated vehicles solve the truck driver shortages? Perspectives from the trucking industry
Expendable to essential? Changing perceptions of gig workers on Twitter in the onset of Covid-19
While ride-hailing ridership declined in 2020 due to COVID-19 induced restrictions like stay-at-home orders, food/grocery delivery services became quasi-essential. This study investigates if and how public perceptions of gig work related to platform-based ride-hailing and food/grocery delivery services changed during the early stages of the pandemic. We collected a sample of 23,845 Twitter posts (‘tweets’) related to these platform-based services…
Differences Between Employed and Retired Older Adults in Information and Communication Technology Use and Attitudes
Older adults, 65 years and older, are a heterogeneous group in terms of their information and communication technology (ICT) use. Few studies, however, have examined how ICT use patterns may vary between employed older adults versus those who are no longer in the workforce. We expand research on this topic by examining whether variations in ICT use, as well as attitudes toward ICTs and online self-efficacy, exist between these 2 groups. Key outco…
Trucking in the Era of Covid-19
COVID-19 resulted in health and logistical challenges for many sectors of the American economy, including the trucking industry. This study examined how the pandemic impacted the trucking industry, focused on the pandemic's impacts on company operations, health, and stress of trucking industry employees. Data were collected from three sources: surveys, focus groups, and social media posts. Individuals at multiple organizational levels of trucking…
College students’ perceptions of “old people” compared to “grandparents”
College students are poised to take on important leadership roles in society, and as such, it is vital that they understand the interests and needs of people throughout the life course and that they do not harbor ageist believes that may play out in the policies they enact, the services they provide, or the products they create. Many college students have little exposure or interaction with older adults aside from family members such as grandpare…
Differences Between Employed and Retired Older Adults in Information and Communication Technology Use and Attitudes
Older adults, 65 years and older, are a heterogeneous group in terms of their information and communication technology (ICT) use. Few studies, however, have examined how ICT use patterns may vary between employed older adults versus those who are no longer in the workforce. We expand research on this topic by examining whether variations in ICT use, as well as attitudes toward ICTs and online self-efficacy, exist between these 2 groups. Key outco…
Striving for the self
Research has focused on the effects of the organizational setting on work identity. However, platform‐based gig work in particular features challenges to developing a positive work identity, such as high autonomy in the absence of organizational structure, and often the lack of a clear occupational title. We conducted focus groups with platform‐based gig drivers ( N = 53) and analyzed our data with an abductive approach, applying concepts from se…
Examining Aspects of Digital Inclusion Among National Samples of US Older Adults
We live in a world where we are constantly connected to devices (e.g., smartphones, computers, tablets) and are encouraged to go online to find information about most things in society. This constant digital connection provides the means whereby many individuals communicate and exchange social support. For most demographic groups, this results in being online and connected to devices multiple times each day. Older adults have been slower to adopt…
Will automated vehicles solve the truck driver shortages? Perspectives from the trucking industry
Trucking in the Era of Covid-19
COVID-19 resulted in health and logistical challenges for many sectors of the American economy, including the trucking industry. This study examined how the pandemic impacted the trucking industry, focused on the pandemic's impacts on company operations, health, and stress of trucking industry employees. Data were collected from three sources: surveys, focus groups, and social media posts. Individuals at multiple organizational levels of trucking…
College students’ perceptions of “old people” compared to “grandparents”
College students are poised to take on important leadership roles in society, and as such, it is vital that they understand the interests and needs of people throughout the life course and that they do not harbor ageist believes that may play out in the policies they enact, the services they provide, or the products they create. Many college students have little exposure or interaction with older adults aside from family members such as grandpare…
Expendable to essential? Changing perceptions of gig workers on Twitter in the onset of Covid-19
While ride-hailing ridership declined in 2020 due to COVID-19 induced restrictions like stay-at-home orders, food/grocery delivery services became quasi-essential. This study investigates if and how public perceptions of gig work related to platform-based ride-hailing and food/grocery delivery services changed during the early stages of the pandemic. We collected a sample of 23,845 Twitter posts (‘tweets’) related to these platform-based services…
Differences Between Employed and Retired Older Adults in Information and Communication Technology Use and Attitudes
Older adults, 65 years and older, are a heterogeneous group in terms of their information and communication technology (ICT) use. Few studies, however, have examined how ICT use patterns may vary between employed older adults versus those who are no longer in the workforce. We expand research on this topic by examining whether variations in ICT use, as well as attitudes toward ICTs and online self-efficacy, exist between these 2 groups. Key outco…
Trucking in the Era of Covid-19
COVID-19 resulted in health and logistical challenges for many sectors of the American economy, including the trucking industry. This study examined how the pandemic impacted the trucking industry, focused on the pandemic's impacts on company operations, health, and stress of trucking industry employees. Data were collected from three sources: surveys, focus groups, and social media posts. Individuals at multiple organizational levels of trucking…
Online health information seeking and the association with anxiety among older adults
Introduction: The Internet supplies users with endless access to a wealth of information and is generally the first source searched by U.S. adults (18 years and older) when seeking health information. Age and anxiety are associated with online health information seeking (OHIS). Older adults (65 years and older) are increasing their OHIS. Importantly, OHIS can potentially lead to improved health outcomes for older adults. The relationship between …
Correlation between socio-demographic factors and adoption and use of wearable activity trackers in online American older adults
Utilization of wearable technologies may help older adults maintain physical activity, which is key for reducing chronic diseases. Adoption and use of wearable technology is slowly increasing in the older adult population. This study investigated sociodemographic correlates of wearable activity tracker (WAT) use among online U.S. older adults, 65 years of age and older. Data was collected via an online survey (N = 1,252). Participants were, on av…
Building on the past to help prepare the workforce for the future with automated vehicles
Examining Aspects of Digital Inclusion Among National Samples of US Older Adults
We live in a world where we are constantly connected to devices (e.g., smartphones, computers, tablets) and are encouraged to go online to find information about most things in society. This constant digital connection provides the means whereby many individuals communicate and exchange social support. For most demographic groups, this results in being online and connected to devices multiple times each day. Older adults have been slower to adopt…
Concerns, Career Decisions, and Role Changes
The increasing adoption of automation will likely replace the tasks performed in many jobs, resulting in new challenges for workers. Yet, little is known regarding how workers perceive automation, including how it may influence their job attitudes and turnover intentions. Automated vehicles (AVs) are one example of new technology poised to alter the job of truck driving, which is overwhelmingly populated by older workers. In this study, we examin…
Will automated vehicles solve the truck driver shortages? Perspectives from the trucking industry
College students’ life course drawings and their descriptions
Drawing is an effective method to understand attitudes and beliefs on aging, but the subject matter without an explanation can be misinterpreted. We explored college students’ drawings and written descriptions of the life course (N = 567). Participants drew, on average, five life phases. Most drawings included human figures, and most were alone in each life phase. Fifteen percent of the drawings were non-human representations. Some characteristic…
Striving for the self
Research has focused on the effects of the organizational setting on work identity. However, platform‐based gig work in particular features challenges to developing a positive work identity, such as high autonomy in the absence of organizational structure, and often the lack of a clear occupational title. We conducted focus groups with platform‐based gig drivers ( N = 53) and analyzed our data with an abductive approach, applying concepts from se…
Strengthening the Research Enterprise Workforce in Higher Education
Factors ranging from societal shifts in work arrangements, higher education workforce aging, and burnout have resulted in national-level challenges for staffing research enterprise support roles. In the USA, these staffing challenges are especially present for the roles of research development and policy, research administration (pre- and post-award), and research integrity and compliance support. We present a novel method to meet these ongoing s…
Online Survey Researchers’ Experience With Fraudulent Responders
Due to the rise of fraudulent responders, either human or automated bots, researchers must carefully monitor online survey data quality. The literature on preventing and detecting fraudulent responders is growing, but the prevalence and experience of researchers experiencing fraudulent responders remains unknown. Through an online survey of researchers who have published studies using online surveys, this study explores researchers’ ( N = 675) kn…
It’s more than money
Online surveys are a popular method for collecting data in the social sciences. Despite its cost-effectiveness, concerns regarding the legitimacy of data from online surveys are increasing. One such concern is fraudulent responses or “spam” by malicious agents intentionally deceiving the survey process to gain monetary incentives or sway research results. The research costs of “spam”—their influence on research conclusions and their threat to sci…
The relationship between social media use and mattering for U.S. older adults
Research on mattering for older adults highlights the significance of social networks for overall wellness, where a lack of social support is associated with a decreased sense of mattering. As older adults experience life transitions like retirement or moving, maintaining social connections may become challenging. Social media use (SMU), can be used by older adults to maintain or expand social connections regardless of location. Prior research ex…
Psychology (10 obras) · Business (6 obras) · Technology Use by Older Adults (6 obras) · Gerontology (5 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Workforce (5 obras) · Aging and Gerontology Research (4 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras)