Matching the Pieces : The Presence of IdiosyncraticDeals and Their Impact on Retirement PreferencesAmong Older Workers
| Autor: | Daniel Larsson, Robin Jonsson, Caroline Hasselgren, Daniel Seldén, Lotta Dellve, Mikael Stattin |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Matching (statistics)
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Sociology and Political Science Sociologi Economics 05 social sciences Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Sociology (excluding Social Work Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) 03 medical and health sciences Sociology 030502 gerontology 0502 economics and business Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Industrial relations Demographic economics Geriatrics and Gerontology Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete socialpsykologi och socialantropologi) 0305 other medical science Psychology Life-span and Life-course Studies 050203 business & management |
| Popis: | Despite working life prolongation having been at the center of the policy agenda in Europe for the last two decades,organizations’ engagement in formal age-management activities intended to strengthen older workers’ motivationand work ability appears limited. Given policies to extend working lives, negotiated individualized work arrange-ments—often called idiosyncratic deals (I-deals)—can be an informal and complementary approach to formal-ized age-management practices, improving the person–job fit and helping older workers extend their working lives.Nevertheless, research on I-deals and retirement preferences remains scarce in the Nordic context, where collectiveagreements regulate conditions of employment and the employer–employee relationship. Using confirmatory factoranalysis and structural equation modeling, this study examines five areas of I-deals (i.e., Task and Work Responsibilities,Workload Reduction, Schedule Flexibility, Location Flexibility, and Financial Incentives) and their relationships with re-tirement preferences among Swedish public-sector employees aged 55 years or older (n = 4,499). Findings show thatI-deals are generally less prevalent among women and older employees, as well as among those with poor health, inlower socioeconomic positions, and with shorter organizational tenure. Regarding retirement preferences, we foundTask and Work Responsibilities to be related to later preferred retirement age, while, surprisingly, the opposite was ob-served for Workload Reduction, probably because individuals who received workload reductions also reported poorerhealth. Comparatively, factors such as matching employees’ competence, experience, and growth opportunities seemto be the most important for public-sector employees’ retirement preferences. Organisatoriska satsningar och individuella överenskommelser: hur motivera äldre till ett förlängt arbetsliv? |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|