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The mediating role of job content plateau on the relationship between work experience characteristics and early retirement and turnover intentions

Hila Hofstetter (Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, Israel)
Aaron Cohen (School of Political Science, Department of Public Administration, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)

Personnel Review

ISSN: 0048-3486

Article publication date: 14 April 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

The study aims to elucidate the relationship between five work experiences or conditions (age-related stereotypes, perceived organizational support [POS], coworker support, career satisfaction, and reaching a job plateau) and two different organizational withdrawal intentions – early retirement and turnover – in light of trends to abolish or increase the mandatory retirement age in Israel and elsewhere in the Western world.

Design/methodology/approach

The study is based on a survey of a heterogeneous age sample of 170 unionized employees working in medium-sized Israeli industrial firms.

Findings

POS and perceived age stereotypes were negatively related to early retirement intentions and not to turnover intentions. Job plateau was found to be related to the other work-related variables, with the exception of coworker support, and also was found to be a strong mediator between these variables and employees ' turnover intentions, and a partial mediator between the variables and early retirement intentions.

Practical implications

The study suggests a managerial focus on the person-job fit over time as a tool for reducing employees ' turnover intentions, and encouraging continued employee development as a way to reduce early retirement intentions.

Originality/value

The study focuses on the potential role of correctable contextual characteristics in triggering withdrawal responses, in light of the aging of the workforce.

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Citation

Hofstetter, H. and Cohen, A. (2014), "The mediating role of job content plateau on the relationship between work experience characteristics and early retirement and turnover intentions", Personnel Review, Vol. 43 No. 3, pp. 350-376. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-03-2012-0054

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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