Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction?
Background: We investigated work ability and trajectories of work life satisfaction (WLS) as predictors of intention to retire (ITR) before the statutory age. Methods: Participants were Finnish postal service employees, who responded to surveys in 2016 and 2018 (n = 1466). Survey measures included I...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2019-07-01
|
Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/14/2500 |
id |
doaj-666aea61b9ef4e11937c95f2010c1b77 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-666aea61b9ef4e11937c95f2010c1b772020-11-25T01:18:26ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012019-07-011614250010.3390/ijerph16142500ijerph16142500Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction?Prakash K.C.0Jodi Oakman1Clas-Håkan Nygård2Anna Siukola3Kirsi Lumme-Sandt4Pirjo Nikander5Subas Neupane6Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 33520 Tampere, FinlandCentre for Ergonomics and Human Factors, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, AustraliaUnit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 33520 Tampere, FinlandUnit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 33520 Tampere, FinlandUnit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 33520 Tampere, FinlandGerontology Research Center, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, FinlandUnit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 33520 Tampere, FinlandBackground: We investigated work ability and trajectories of work life satisfaction (WLS) as predictors of intention to retire (ITR) before the statutory age. Methods: Participants were Finnish postal service employees, who responded to surveys in 2016 and 2018 (n = 1466). Survey measures included ITR, work ability and WLS. Mixture modelling was used to identify trajectories of WLS. A generalized linear model was used to determine the measures of association (Risk Ratios, RR; 95% Confidence Intervals, CI) between exposures (work ability and WLS) and ITR. Results: Approximately 40% of respondents indicated ITR. Four distinct trajectories of WLS were identified: high (33%), moderate (35%), decreasing (23%) and low (9%). Participants with poor work ability (RR 1.79, 95% CI 1.40−2.29) and decreasing WLS (1.29, 1.13−1.46) were more likely to indicate an ITR early compared to the participants with excellent/good work ability and high WLS. Job control mediated the relationship between ITR and work ability (9.3%) and WLS (14.7%). Job support also played a similar role (14% and 20.6%). Conclusions: Work ability and WLS are important contributors to the retirement intentions of employees. Ensuring workers have appropriate support and control over their work are mechanisms through which organisations may encourage employees to remain at work for longer.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/14/2500intention to retirework abilityageing workerswork wellbeingpsychosocial work exposures |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Prakash K.C. Jodi Oakman Clas-Håkan Nygård Anna Siukola Kirsi Lumme-Sandt Pirjo Nikander Subas Neupane |
spellingShingle |
Prakash K.C. Jodi Oakman Clas-Håkan Nygård Anna Siukola Kirsi Lumme-Sandt Pirjo Nikander Subas Neupane Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health intention to retire work ability ageing workers work wellbeing psychosocial work exposures |
author_facet |
Prakash K.C. Jodi Oakman Clas-Håkan Nygård Anna Siukola Kirsi Lumme-Sandt Pirjo Nikander Subas Neupane |
author_sort |
Prakash K.C. |
title |
Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction? |
title_short |
Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction? |
title_full |
Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction? |
title_fullStr |
Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction? |
title_full_unstemmed |
Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction? |
title_sort |
intention to retire in employees over 50 years. what is the role of work ability and work life satisfaction? |
publisher |
MDPI AG |
series |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
issn |
1660-4601 |
publishDate |
2019-07-01 |
description |
Background: We investigated work ability and trajectories of work life satisfaction (WLS) as predictors of intention to retire (ITR) before the statutory age. Methods: Participants were Finnish postal service employees, who responded to surveys in 2016 and 2018 (n = 1466). Survey measures included ITR, work ability and WLS. Mixture modelling was used to identify trajectories of WLS. A generalized linear model was used to determine the measures of association (Risk Ratios, RR; 95% Confidence Intervals, CI) between exposures (work ability and WLS) and ITR. Results: Approximately 40% of respondents indicated ITR. Four distinct trajectories of WLS were identified: high (33%), moderate (35%), decreasing (23%) and low (9%). Participants with poor work ability (RR 1.79, 95% CI 1.40−2.29) and decreasing WLS (1.29, 1.13−1.46) were more likely to indicate an ITR early compared to the participants with excellent/good work ability and high WLS. Job control mediated the relationship between ITR and work ability (9.3%) and WLS (14.7%). Job support also played a similar role (14% and 20.6%). Conclusions: Work ability and WLS are important contributors to the retirement intentions of employees. Ensuring workers have appropriate support and control over their work are mechanisms through which organisations may encourage employees to remain at work for longer. |
topic |
intention to retire work ability ageing workers work wellbeing psychosocial work exposures |
url |
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/14/2500 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT prakashkc intentiontoretireinemployeesover50yearswhatistheroleofworkabilityandworklifesatisfaction AT jodioakman intentiontoretireinemployeesover50yearswhatistheroleofworkabilityandworklifesatisfaction AT clashakannygard intentiontoretireinemployeesover50yearswhatistheroleofworkabilityandworklifesatisfaction AT annasiukola intentiontoretireinemployeesover50yearswhatistheroleofworkabilityandworklifesatisfaction AT kirsilummesandt intentiontoretireinemployeesover50yearswhatistheroleofworkabilityandworklifesatisfaction AT pirjonikander intentiontoretireinemployeesover50yearswhatistheroleofworkabilityandworklifesatisfaction AT subasneupane intentiontoretireinemployeesover50yearswhatistheroleofworkabilityandworklifesatisfaction |
_version_ |
1725142549924937728 |