The Decision to Retire Early: Evidence from Private Service Sector in Thailand

Tangtipongkul, Kaewkwan; Srisuchart, Supachai

doi:10.25133/jpssv26n2.011

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“…Gender and education have also been found by researchers to be underlying factors responsible for early retirement. Tangtipongkul & Srisuchart (2018) found that males have a significant tendency to delay their retirement compared to females by approximately 6.04%, while workers with a low level of education have a tendency to delay their retirement time by approximately 12.07% compared to well educated workers. With regards to gender, according to the quantitative study of Syam & Bakroh (2020), titled "Factors affecting early retirement decision in crises" carried out in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, results proofed that women have the probability to retire earlier than men.…”

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“…In addition to health and education, geographical factors also play a role in early retirement decisions. According to Tangtipongkul & Srisuchart (2018), in their study titled, "The Decision to Retire Early: Evidence from Private Service Sector in Thailand", with the assumption that, geographic region, industry, gender, age, education, and attitude towards the workplace have an influence on early retirement. Tangtipongkul & Srisuchart (2018) used statistical and regression model and found that workers in the northeastern and northern regions have a high tendency to retire early (approx.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Investigating the Factors That Influence Early Retirement of Private Sector Workers in the Center Region of Cameroon

Tapang,

Andonei,

Fusi

2022

Adv. J Social Sci.

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Purpose: This study seeks to investigate the factors that influence early retirement of private sector workers in the center region of Cameroon. Methodology: The grounded theory approach was used with a target population being workers of private sector organizations in the center region of Cameroon. A purposive sampling was used, where the population was selected from private organization, mainly; the multinational private companies, the transnational private companies and sole proprietor companies operating in the center region of Cameroon. Primary data was got through interviews to capture private sector workers’ opinions on aspects related to early retirements. Research questions: The first research question was aimed at finding out the factors that influence early retirement of the private sector workers in the center region of Cameroon. The research continued with a second question to find out the most prominent factors presumed to affect early retirement. Finally, the research continued to find out to what extent these factors influence early retirement. Findings: The findings revealed the overarching theme of work stress as the major factor that influence early retirement of the private sector workers in the center region of Cameroon. It also showed that low salaries and therefore weak financial strength of workers emerged as the overarching theme to explain the most prominent factors presumed to affect early retirement. Finally, the study showed that tough hierarchy decisions that do not take the views of employees into consideration and unclear work descriptions contributed to the quest for workers to retire early from the private sector in the center region of Cameroon.

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Section: Empirical Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Empirical Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%