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- Title
Employees' Intentions to Retire Early.
- Authors
van Dam, Karen; van der Vorst, Janine D. M.; van der Heijden, Beatrice I. J. M.
- Abstract
This study investigated the early retirement intentions of 346 older Dutch employees by extending the theory of planned behavior with anticipated work conditions. The results showed that employees who felt a pressure from their spouse to retire early had a strong intention to leave the work force before the official retirement age, that is 65. Also, employees' retirement attitude and perceived control over the retirement decision were related to early retirement intentions. Finally, the results indicated that employees might postpone early retirement when they anticipate working in a challenging and rewarding work environment. Together, our findings suggest a number of ways in which organizations can affect employees' early retirement decision making.
- Subjects
EMPLOYEE attitudes; EARLY retirement; GOAL (Psychology); QUALITY of work life; AGE &; employment; RETIREMENT age; LABOR supply; DECISION making; WORK environment
- Publication
Journal of Career Development, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 3, p265
- ISSN
0894-8453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0894845308327274