Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers

Drawing on job design theories and a conceptual framework of work-related goals and moti- vation in later adulthood, the aim of this paper is to explore how work-related and individual factors are separately and jointly related to psychological work ability and bridge employ- ment intentions via lat...

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Autores: Alcover, Carlos-Maria, Topa, Gabriela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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Palabra clave:psychological work ability
job mobility intentions
older workers
motivational orientations
mid- and late-career
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spelling Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workersAlcover, Carlos-MariaTopa, Gabrielapsychological work abilityjob mobility intentionsolder workersmotivational orientationsmid- and late-careerDrawing on job design theories and a conceptual framework of work-related goals and moti- vation in later adulthood, the aim of this paper is to explore how work-related and individual factors are separately and jointly related to psychological work ability and bridge employ- ment intentions via late job mobility. The cross-sectional study is based on a sample of 171 older Spanish workers aged 45–65 and beyond. We differentiated between groups of older workers in mid career (45–55 years of age) and in their later careers (56 years and beyond). Our results confirm that task characteristics and, secondarily, knowledge characteristics are the most relevant factors in perceptions of psychological work ability among aged workers. Both age groups display a very marked personal mastery trait, which mediates the relation- ships between job characteristics and both psychological work ability and late job mobility intentions. The paper concludes with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications and suggestions for future research on the issues implied in the psychological adjustment of older workers in their mid and late careers.PLOS One202320232018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195973https://hdl.handle.net/10115/26818reponame:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlosinstname:Universidad Rey Juan CarlosInglésAttribution 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/268182026-06-24T12:48:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
title Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
spellingShingle Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
Alcover, Carlos-Maria
psychological work ability
job mobility intentions
older workers
motivational orientations
mid- and late-career
title_short Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
title_full Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
title_fullStr Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
title_full_unstemmed Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
title_sort Work characteristics, motivational orientations, psychological work ability and job mobility intentions of older workers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alcover, Carlos-Maria
Topa, Gabriela
author Alcover, Carlos-Maria
author_facet Alcover, Carlos-Maria
Topa, Gabriela
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv psychological work ability
job mobility intentions
older workers
motivational orientations
mid- and late-career
topic psychological work ability
job mobility intentions
older workers
motivational orientations
mid- and late-career
description Drawing on job design theories and a conceptual framework of work-related goals and moti- vation in later adulthood, the aim of this paper is to explore how work-related and individual factors are separately and jointly related to psychological work ability and bridge employ- ment intentions via late job mobility. The cross-sectional study is based on a sample of 171 older Spanish workers aged 45–65 and beyond. We differentiated between groups of older workers in mid career (45–55 years of age) and in their later careers (56 years and beyond). Our results confirm that task characteristics and, secondarily, knowledge characteristics are the most relevant factors in perceptions of psychological work ability among aged workers. Both age groups display a very marked personal mastery trait, which mediates the relation- ships between job characteristics and both psychological work ability and late job mobility intentions. The paper concludes with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications and suggestions for future research on the issues implied in the psychological adjustment of older workers in their mid and late careers.
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