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Why older adults seek employment
— differing motivations among subgroups | | Author(s) | Jasmin Lui Ping Loi, Kenneth S Shultz |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 26, no 3, June 2007 |
| Pages | pp 274-289 |
| Source | http://jag.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Attitude ; Recruitment ; Cross sectional surveys. |
| Annotation | Differences among four sub-groups of older adults seeking employment were examined: midlife career changers aged 40-55; displaced workers aged 65-61; younger retirees aged 62-69; and older retirees aged 70+. The underlying assumption was that different sub-groups of older people have different motivations for seeking employment. To test this assumption, a 71-item survey measuring the sub-groups, their motivation to work, the extent to which they wanted to engage in work, and their need for satisfaction and achievement through work was administered at several public agencies in inland southern California. 101 older people volunteered to participate in the study. Results of a one-way multivariate analysis of variance showed that older people in the different sub-groups could be differentiated by factors concerning the income and benefits associated with work and the scheduling needs of job seekers. The implications of the results for organisations and needs for future research are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070615203 A |
| Classmark | GC: DP: WK6: 3KB |
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