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An empirical study of older workers’ attitudes towards the retirement experience

Vivien K.G. Lim (Department of Management and Organization, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Employee Relations

ISSN: 0142-5455

Article publication date: 1 August 2003

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Abstract

This study examined the attitudes of older workers towards work and retirement, retirement planning and their willingness to continue working after retirement and to undergo retraining. Data were collected via questionnaire surveys. Respondents consisted of 204 individuals aged 40 and above who attended courses at a local institute of labor studies. Findings suggested that work occupied a salient part of the respondents’ lives. In general, respondents also held rather ambivalent attitudes with regard to the prospect of retirement, i.e. while they did not view retirement negatively, they were nevertheless anxious about certain aspects of retirement. Results also suggested that majority of respondents preferred to remain employed in some ways even after they have officially retired from the workforce, i.e. partial rather than full retirement was preferred. Implications of findings for organizations and policy makers were discussed.

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Lim, V.K.G. (2003), "An empirical study of older workers’ attitudes towards the retirement experience", Employee Relations, Vol. 25 No. 4, pp. 330-346. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450310483361

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