Proactive Personality and Social Support With Pre-retirement Anxiety: Mediating Role of Subjective Career Success

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of subjective career success (SCS) in the relationship between proactive personality, social support (SS), and pre-retirement anxiety. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, 624 pre-retirees were sampled (M = 56.49 years; SD = 4.56); of these, 237 (37.98%) were males and 387 (62.02%) were females. Measurement model and mediation test were performed using the SmartPLS and IBM SPSS Amos software. The result indicated that proactive personality, SS, and SCS showed negative relationships with the dimensions of pre-retirement anxiety (financial preparedness, social obligation, and social alienation). Subjective career success mediated the relationship between proactive personality and pre-retirement anxiety.

Predictive influence of personality traits on retirement anxiety among universities staff in Osun State, Nigeria

“…However, studies have attested to the prevalence of retirement anxiety among different categories of employees,[ 2 3 7 ] very few of these studies considered different dimensions of retirement anxiety together. [ 8 9 10 ] According to statistics, retirement anxiety occurs in different dimensions, but three major areas have been identified. [ 8 11 12 ] Particularly, studies investigating retirement anxiety have identified the social detachment dimension as concerns relating to the perception and attitude of employees to loss of social connections or change in the social cycle due to retirement.…”

“…[ 8 9 10 ] According to statistics, retirement anxiety occurs in different dimensions, but three major areas have been identified. [ 8 11 12 ] Particularly, studies investigating retirement anxiety have identified the social detachment dimension as concerns relating to the perception and attitude of employees to loss of social connections or change in the social cycle due to retirement. [ 8 11 ] In a related development, another study identified the role of health and income-related concerns, loss of work-related identity, and changes in social connections on retirement anxiety among university academicians[ 9 ] while Szinovacz et al .…”

“…[ 15 18 ] The link between personality traits and retirement transition has been established in past studies. [ 8 16 18 19 ]…”

“…Literature is inundated with the fact about how some traits propel people to take personal initiative towards financial investments, savings, and enterprising activities to keep liquidated after the stoppage of salary work. [ 8 16 20 ] People that take these initiatives are likely to look towards retirement with eagerness;[ 18 19 20 ] individuals who are extraverted, open to experience, or conscientious have also been observed to be better prepared for the changes that come with retirement. [ 21 ] However, persons with high neuroticism traits could have a negative view of the conditions leading to retirement.…”

“…[ 16 ] In the event of retirement, personality traits and social detachment concerns (SDC) have been linked. [ 8 21 ] Findings from eclectic studies equally show that persons who are extraverted, agreeable, or self-conscious respond differently to issues relating to concerns for social detachment and loss of identity as they thrive on maintaining active interpersonal relationships due to their tendency to seek excitement and warmth. [ 8 21 ] In spite of the foregoing, statistics on the influence of the five-factor personality on dimensions of retirement anxiety are scanty, creating a need to address how the five-factor traits impact the pre-retirees level of retirement anxiety; hence, the need for the current study.…”