Working in Retirement

McNamara, Tay; Brown, Melissa M.; Aumann, Kerstin; Pitt‐Catsouphes, Marcie; Galinsky, Ellen; Bond, James

doi:10.1177/0733464811408085

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“…Bridge employees who reentered the workforce for reasons of enjoyment can be assumed to favor some involvement in a work role over full‐time retirement (Ashforth & Mael, ) and may even experience personal enhancement when working. This finding agrees with those presented in the literature, which argue that older adults often perceive their bridge jobs positively; the jobs are less demanding, more flexible, and provide more free time for leisure compared with their career jobs (Kantarci, ; Lim & Feldman, ; McNamara et al, ; Ulrich, ).…”

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Involuntary retirement, bridge employment, and satisfaction with life: A longitudinal investigation

2013

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Summary The increased popularity of bridge employment has raised questions about its consequences for well‐being in late adult life. This research explored the consequences of bridge employment for the level of life satisfaction of older adults during the retirement transition period. Changes in life satisfaction were considered to be a function of the different intentions and motives for taking bridge jobs. Furthermore, the impact of bridge employment was empirically examined conditional on the voluntariness of the exit from the career job. Panel data on Dutch retirees (N = 1248) were investigated using conditional change models. The results demonstrate that older adults willing to prolong their work careers but unable to find bridge jobs reported lower levels of life satisfaction compared with full retirees not considering bridge employment. In addition, participation in bridge employment for financial motives was associated with decreases in life satisfaction compared with postretirement working based on intrinsic motives. Moreover, compared with voluntary retirement, involuntary retirement was detrimental to life satisfaction, but participation in a bridge job was found to mitigate this negative shock. These findings contribute to the understanding of the consequences of various postretirement employment trajectories for older individuals. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Involuntary retirement, bridge employment, and satisfaction with life: A longitudinal investigation

2013

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“…In general, both work satisfaction and life satisfaction increase with age (Diener et al, 1999;Ng and Feldman, 2010;Rhodes, 1983). McNamara et al (2013) most recently reported that working retirees had significantly higher work satisfaction compared to older workers. Other studies have shown that persons engaging in voluntary and/or paid post-retirement activities show higher life satisfaction compared to people who do not engage in post-retirement activities (Aquino et al, 1996;Herzog et al, 1991;Kim and Feldman, 2000).…”

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Differential predictors of post-retirement life and work satisfaction

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Journal of Managerial Psychology

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of personal motivational goals and the corresponding occupational characteristics of volunteer, work-related activities in retirement with life and work satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – Fully retired individuals working for a non-profit organization in their former professional career field on a non-paid basis were surveyed using an online survey (n=661) to assess their motivational goals, the occupational characteristics of their projects, and satisfaction with life and work. Findings – Results suggested that post-retirement volunteer workers differentiated between perceived life and work satisfaction. The motives of achievement, appreciation, autonomy, contact, and generativity significantly directly affected life satisfaction and indirectly affected work satisfaction. Occupational characteristics assessing achievement, appreciation, autonomy, contact, and generativity had direct effects on work satisfaction but not on life satisfaction except for occupational autonomy. Research limitations/implications – The study was cross-sectional and based on self-report data of highly educated German retirees working in volunteer professional positions, thus potentially limiting the generalizability of findings. Practical implications – Organizations should enable post-retirement volunteer workers to meet their motivation goals by designing work opportunities to fulfill the motivational goals of achievement, appreciation, autonomy, contact, and generativity. Social implications – Post-retirement activities possess the potential to help solve societal problems by countering the shortage of specialists and managers at the same time that the burden on social security systems is reduced. Originality/value – The paper presents evidence that different personal motivational goals and occupational characteristics are important in post-retirement activities. The findings imply that work designs created for post-retirement activities should provide a variety of occupational characteristics, such as occupational achievement and appreciation.

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“…Male patients accounted for a very large proportion (85.5% n=108) of the included patients. In a study (12) it was stated that; male workers comprised 63% of the total workers aged >65 yearold, and this ratio was stated as 80% by Turkish Statistical Institution.…”

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Occupational Injuries Among The Elderly Admitted To The Emergency Department

Salt¹

2019

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Occupational injuries are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The rate of occupational injuries in the elderly is increasing daily and is directly proportional to the increase in the elderly population. This study aimed to examine occupational injuries in elderly patients (age, >65 years) admitted to the emergency department. Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study included 122 patients aged >65 yearold who were admitted to the third level emergency department with an occupational injury between January 2016 and January 2018. The demographic characteristics of the patients, type of work accident, type of injury, injured body parts, and comorbid conditions were recorded and statistically evaluated. Results: The mean patient age was 67.8±2.3 years (mean±SD); 85.5% (n:108) of the patients were men, and 85.2% (n:104) were retired. Hypertension was the most commonly observed comorbidity (35.2%, n:43). Falls from the same or a high level were the most commonly observed injury mechanisms (56.7%, n:74). The extremities were the most commonly injured body part (54.9%, n:67); sprains/strains were the most commonly observed injury type (47.5%, n:58). None of the injuries resulted in death. Conclusion: The proportion of elderly workers is increasing owing to the rising elderly population worldwide. Because of increased cognitive and motor disabilities, there is an increased risk of occupational injuries in this age group. Thus, occupational injuries in the elderly should be more carefully evaluated in the emergency department.

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Working in Retirement

Cited by 13 publications

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Involuntary retirement, bridge employment, and satisfaction with life: A longitudinal investigation

Involuntary retirement, bridge employment, and satisfaction with life: A longitudinal investigation

Differential predictors of post-retirement life and work satisfaction

Occupational Injuries Among The Elderly Admitted To The Emergency Department

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