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| Work-related factors as predictors in the retirement decision-making process of older workers in the Netherlands | | Author(s) | Hanna van Solinge, Kene Henkens |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 34, no 9, October 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, October 2014 |
| Pages | pp 1551-1574 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Preparation [retirement] ; Conditions of employment ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | This article examines work-related factors and their impact on the retirement decision-making process. It particularly focuses on organisational human resources policies and whether retirement is encouraged or discouraged. The authors use data from the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) Work and Retirement Panel, a ten-year follow-up study of 1,458 older employees in the Netherlands aged 50-59 at baseline. Results reveal that older workers are sensitive to social approval earned from their co-workers and supervisors. A social climate that supports continuing to work to older ages is an important requisite for reducing the attractiveness of the early retirement option. Retirement intentions, formed in the years prior to retirement, are shaped by workplace norms and supervisors' attitudes. Results indicate that in order to delay retirement, policy initiatives cannot be reduced to altering financial restrictions surrounding retirement. Rather, there is a need to address the forces at the organisational level that channel workers out of employment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150609005 A |
| Classmark | GC: GA: WKA: 3J: 76H |
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