Research Interests

David DeLong’s research is focused on the management and organizational challenges posed by an aging workforce. Dr. DeLong is the author of the book Lost Knowledge: Confronting the Threat of an Aging Workforce (Oxford University Press, September 2004), which provides a comprehensive framework to help managers improve the retention of critical knowledge when older workers leave. He is currently leading a study designed to better determine the actual costs and contributions of older workers in relation to younger age cohorts. Other research interests include the problem of regenerating lost technical and scientific knowledge when experts retire and how to create integrated organizational strategies to overcome major demographic shifts in the workforce.

Dr. DeLong has lectured and consulted in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and South America, and is a widely-published writer whose work has appeared in many journals and magazines. He has a doctorate in organizational behavior from Boston University’s Graduate School of Management and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Dr. DeLong also teaches an MBA course titled “Leading & Managing Change” at Babson College where he is an adjunct professor.