TY - JOUR
T1 - Propensity to retire among older executives
AU - Eden, Dov
AU - Jacobson, Dan
N1 - Funding Information:
and especially between job satisfaction and labor turnover, is one of the most frequently confirmed findings in organizational psychology (Brayfield & Crockett, 1955; March & Simon, 1958; Vroom, 1964; Katz & Kahn, 1966; Porter & Steers, 1973). Withdrawal behaviors studied most in the past have been turnover, absenteeism,a nd tardiness. Much attention has been devoted to withdrawal because of its cost to the organization, and probably also because its correlation with job satisfaction is reassuringt o psychologists disappointed by the lack of a consistent relationship between job attitudes and performance. Retirement, however, is an important type of job withdrawal behavior that has received hardly any attention at all by psychologists, despite its relevance to the lives of nearly all sexagenarianw orkers. The decision to retire is perhaps no lessi mportant a form of withdrawal from work than is ordinary labor turnover. While turnover may be regarded as a massive labor exchange among participating employers, implying that one This study was supported by the Fritz Naphtali Foundation. The authors are grateful for the able assistance of Nurit Nirel, and for comments on an earlier draft by Mordecai Eran. Order of authors’ names was assigned alphabetically. Requests for reprints should be sent to Dan Jacobson, Department of Labor Studies, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
PY - 1976/4
Y1 - 1976/4
N2 - Determinants of a favorable attitude toward retirement were sought in an interview study of 179 top executives, Age 55 and over in 13 leading Israeli organizations. Relationships between desire to retire and variables known to be associated with labor turnover and with retirement attitudes among blue-collar workers were examined by correlation and multiple regression analysis. It was found that relatively older executives who felt young, healthy, and effective, were most likely to prefer to go on working. Contrary to expectation, features of the job had relatively weak relationships to attitudes toward retirement. Attitude towards retirement appears to be associated more closely with feelings about oneself than with perceptions of the job. Differences between retirement and other types of withdrawal from the job were discussed.
AB - Determinants of a favorable attitude toward retirement were sought in an interview study of 179 top executives, Age 55 and over in 13 leading Israeli organizations. Relationships between desire to retire and variables known to be associated with labor turnover and with retirement attitudes among blue-collar workers were examined by correlation and multiple regression analysis. It was found that relatively older executives who felt young, healthy, and effective, were most likely to prefer to go on working. Contrary to expectation, features of the job had relatively weak relationships to attitudes toward retirement. Attitude towards retirement appears to be associated more closely with feelings about oneself than with perceptions of the job. Differences between retirement and other types of withdrawal from the job were discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0001-8791(76)90017-8
DO - 10.1016/0001-8791(76)90017-8
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AN - SCOPUS:34247952759
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 8
SP - 145
EP - 154
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 2
ER -