TY - JOUR

T1 - Using work values to predict post-retirement work intentions

AU - Wöhrmann, Anne Marit

AU - Fasbender, Ulrike

AU - Deller, Jürgen

PY - 2016/6/1

Y1 - 2016/6/1

N2 - Work values might be proximal predictors of individuals' late-career intentions because they serve as guiding principles for the selection, evaluation, and justification of vocational behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between work values and post-retirement work intentions. The authors investigated individual work values within the structure of 4 higher order values elaborated on by Schwartz et al. (). Relationships between work values and 4 types of post-retirement work intentions were examined. Data from 1,071 employees of a German logistics company were used to test the hypotheses. The results of a structural equation model indicated that work values were differentially related to the 4 types of post-retirement work intentions. The identified work value–work type combinations add to the literature on post-retirement work. Practice implications for promoting positive individual and organizational outcomes are drawn from the results.

AB - Work values might be proximal predictors of individuals' late-career intentions because they serve as guiding principles for the selection, evaluation, and justification of vocational behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between work values and post-retirement work intentions. The authors investigated individual work values within the structure of 4 higher order values elaborated on by Schwartz et al. (). Relationships between work values and 4 types of post-retirement work intentions were examined. Data from 1,071 employees of a German logistics company were used to test the hypotheses. The results of a structural equation model indicated that work values were differentially related to the 4 types of post-retirement work intentions. The identified work value–work type combinations add to the literature on post-retirement work. Practice implications for promoting positive individual and organizational outcomes are drawn from the results.

KW - Business psychology

KW - post-retirement work

KW - protean career theory

KW - voluntary activity

KW - work intentions

KW - work values

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U2 - 10.1002/cdq.12044

DO - 10.1002/cdq.12044

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 64

SP - 98

EP - 113

JO - The Career Development Quarterly

JF - The Career Development Quarterly

SN - 0889-4019

IS - 2

ER -