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The recruitment of early retirees
— a vignette study of the factors that affect managers' decisions | | Author(s) | Kasia Karpinska, Kene Henkens, Joop Schippers |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 31, part 4, May 2011 |
| Pages | pp 570-589 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Retired persons ; Young elderly ; Early retirement ; Employees ; Recruitment ; Ageism ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Retirement is characterised as a dynamic process that has several different outcomes, from early retirement to re-entry to the labour force. Recent studies of the Dutch population show that a substantial number of early retirees re-enter the workforce after early retirement, but others do not succeed even though they want to return to paid work. A commonly named reason for their failures is bias in the selection process. This raises the questions as to what restrictions do early retirees face in the labour market and what are the characteristics that enhance or limit their hiring chances? The aim of this study was to identify the individual and organisational characteristics that influence managers' hiring decisions, and for the purpose a vignette study among Dutch managers and business students was conducted. Profiles of results show that hiring early retirees is of low priority to both managers and students, and depends to a large extent on organisational factors (such as staff shortages) and the age of the retiree. The findings suggest that despite equal opportunities policies, age discrimination is still present in the Dutch labour market and that managers generally hinder the re-employment of workers approaching the retirement age. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110513006 A |
| Classmark | BB6: BBA: G5M: WK: WK6: B:TOB: 76H |
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