Burnout and early retirement intentions among older employees
The central subject of this article is retirement and burnout among older workers. We explored whether there is a relationship between burnout dimensions exhaustion and despersonalization and retirement intentions. We also studied the relationship between retirement intentions and job characteristic...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:journals.copmadrid.org:jwop/art/s1576-59622008000300004 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.4321/s1576-59622008000300004 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Burnout, Early retirement, Retirement intentions, Older employees Burnout, Jubilación anticipada, Intenciones de jubilación, Empleados mayores |
| Sumario: | The central subject of this article is retirement and burnout among older workers. We explored whether there is a relationship between burnout dimensions exhaustion and despersonalization and retirement intentions. We also studied the relationship between retirement intentions and job characteristics, social support and self-efficacy as well as the dimensions of burnout. The data were taken from a survey administered to Dutch older workers and their spouses (N= 2,892). The results that heavy workload, a physically taxing work, and lack of challenge explain exhaustion. Despersonalization is explained by lack of challenge, heavy workload, lack of peer support, and self-efficacy. Exhaustion, despersonalization and marital interactions explain most retirement intentions. Although burnout and retirement are related, they appear to involve different processes. While burnout can generally be explained by work environment, non-work related factors enhance our understanding of retirement intentions. |
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