Doeloriëntaties en het tijdsperspectief van oudere werknemers: is er een verband met pensioenintenties?

Abstract

Goal orientations and temporal focus of older workers: What is the relation with retirement intentions? Goal orientations and temporal focus of older workers: What is the relation with retirement intentions? The aim of this study was to increase our insight into what motivates older employees to stay active on the labour market. For this we examined if and how the temporal focus of older workers is related to retirement intentions. It was assumed that mastery goal orientations (approach and avoidance) would mediate this relationship. 548 employees participated in the research. Our results showed that past focus was positively related to mastery avoidance goals whereas future focus was positively related to mastery approach goals. Moreover, mastery approach goals were positively related to retirement intentions and mastery avoidance goals were negatively related to retirement intentions. The conclusion is that the stimulation of a future focus as well as a mastery approach orientation play important roles in motivating older employees to work until retirement age.