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Intention to Remain at Work until Legal Retirement Age: A Comparative Analysis Among Different Age Subgroups of Employees

par Hellemans, Catherine ;Closon, Caroline
Référence Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9, 3
Publication Publié, 2013

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Purpose – Empirical contribution to the intention to remain at work until legal retirement age among different age subgroups of employees. We analyze the contribution of three groups of antecedents—health condition, work ability, and psychosocial work conditions—among two age groups of employees: 40- to 49-year-old employees and employees 50 years of age or older.Design/methodology/approach – The participants are employees from the service industry who are subjected to annual control by occupational medicine (n = 280). They received the VOW/QFT to complete, a self-report questionnaire measuring several dimensions to understand the intention to remain at work. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test our hypotheses.Findings – There is clearly distinctive process, between employees who were 40-49 years old and employees who were 50 years or older, in the explanation of intention to work until the lawful retirement age. Among the first group, perceived health and increase of abilities explained the intention to remain (psychosocial aspects did not have incremental explanation); among the second, it was the possibility of participation that motivated them to work.Practical implications – Implications concern the management of age and career: these are not the same factors that explain the intention to remain at different stages of the career.Originality/value – This research clarifies the respective roles of health, work capacities, and work conditions to understand intention to remain by studying their incremental explanations and by distinguishing two subgroups of age