The puzzle of older workers’ employment: distance to retirement and health effects

Legendre, Bérangère; Sabatier, Maréva

doi:10.1108/ijm-02-2016-0042

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“…Retirement management is a major issue for Western societies that are struggling to ensure the survival of their finance systems through unpopular reforms (Oakman and Wells, 2013;Sabatier and Legendre, 2017). Several reforms and plans have been introduced in France, since the early 1990s for instance, to foster in particular the employment of older workers (more precisely in 1993, 2003, 2010 and 2014).…”

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Bridge employment and full retirement intentions: the role of person-environment fit

Lahlouh

Lacaze

Huaman-Ramirez

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between different categories of person–environment (P–E) fit and two types of retirement intentions (i.e. full retirement and bridge employment). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a convenience sample of 357 executives aged 50 and over, employed in French private sector companies. Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. Findings Perceptions of value congruence at vocational level and needs and supplies fit at organizational and job levels were positively related to the intention to hold bridge employment after retirement. The fit between older worker’s abilities and job demands was positively related to the two types of retirement intentions. Originality/value The complexity of retirement transition is taken into account with the introduction of two types of retirement intentions. P–E fit is shown to be an antecedent of career intentions after retirement.

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Bridge employment and full retirement intentions: the role of person-environment fit

Lahlouh

Lacaze

Huaman-Ramirez

2019

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“…Sabatier and Legendre (2017) use French data to show that the closer the retirement, the higher the reservation wage and the lower people’s search effort for new jobs. After reaching the retirement age, people are likely to have even less incentive to work.…”

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Retirees and motivation to work by the type of employment contract: impact of the Czech reform

Pertold

Lakotová

2020

IJM

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PurposeIn this paper, the authors analyse a 2010 legal reform in the Czech Republic, which allowed retirees to simultaneously receive regular pension benefits and to work on a permanent contract for a period longer than one year. Previously, concurrence of employment and receipt of retirement benefits were only allowed in conjunction with a temporary work contract with a maximum duration of one year.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ the difference-in-differences method. The authors include only males in the analysis because it is not possible to identify the legal retirement age for women from available data. Men in the workforce 1–3 years prior to the statutory retirement age are in a control group, while men 1–3 years older are in a treatment group.FindingsThe authors show that the reform significantly increased the share of permanent contracts held by retirees (by 22.5–27.6 percentage points), though we do not find any aggregate short-term change in employment of retirees. Heterogeneity analysis shows a significant increase in the employment of retirees with only elementary school education (by 17.9 percentage points) and a significant decrease in the number of hours worked by retirees (by 2.5 h weekly for low-educated workers).Practical implicationsThe policy conclusion is that the regulation of employment contract does not affect aggregate employment, but may improve employment of low skilled workers.Originality/valueTo the authors’ best knowledge, there are no studies directly analysing motivation of retirees by types of employment contracts. The authors, thus, add to the literature that studies dealing with the general fixed-term versus permanent contracts (Engellandt and Riphahn, 2003) and motivation to work.

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“…For instance, some study findings about the extent health concerns affected policy makers decision on older workers' retirement plans (e.g. Sabatier and Legendre, 2017;Vaillant and Wolff, 2012). Other studies taking the sociological stance put emphasis on identifying older workers' work orientations and retirement patterns (Matthew, 2010).…”

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Career adaptability and active job search behavior of Korean older workers

Lim

Kim

Shin

2019

IJM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of the attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help between career adaptability and active job search behavior of older workers in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach From a review of related literature, six study hypotheses were developed to test the structural relationship between the variables. Findings This study identified that attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help mediated the relationship between career adaptability, the value of career coaching and active job search behavior. Practical implications A successful job search requires the use of substantial self-control and self-regulation skills, and there can be effective training in all these skills of self-disciplining when older workers can find a high level of value from career coaching programs. Originality/value Despite the growing popularity of career support programs, the quality of career coaching programs and participants’ perceived value toward them are critical to illicit positive outcomes of such programs. This study supports this premise by revealing a structural relationship between career adaptability, perceived value of career coaching, attitudes toward seeking professional career help and active job search behavior.

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The puzzle of older workers’ employment: distance to retirement and health effects

Cited by 6 publications

References 44 publications

Bridge employment and full retirement intentions: the role of person-environment fit

Bridge employment and full retirement intentions: the role of person-environment fit

Retirees and motivation to work by the type of employment contract: impact of the Czech reform

Career adaptability and active job search behavior of Korean older workers

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