Work Preferences Research Articles

Quantifying Healthcare Worker's Preferences Around COVID-19 Vaccination: A Single-Profile DCE Study in France

Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination. Analysing their vaccination preferences is crucial to understand suboptimal uptake and identify levers to increase acceptance among those hesitating.Methods: We administered an online single-profile discrete choice experiment among a snowballing sample of French HCWs, recruited December 2020 through January 2021. Respondents in three random blocks chose between accepting or rejecting COVID-19 vaccination across eight hypothetical scenarios. Vaccine eagerness was derived from decision certainty.Results: Among 4346 participants, 61·1% made uniform decisions, including 17·2% always refusing vaccination across all scenarios (serial non-demanders). Among 1691 respondents making variable decisions, a strong negative impact on acceptance was observed with 50% vaccine efficacy (compared to 90% efficacy: odds ratio 0·05, 95%-CI 0.04-0.06), and the mention of a positive benefit-risk balance (compared to absence of severe and frequent side effects: OR 0·40, 0·34-0·46. The highest positive impact was the prospect of safely meeting older people and contributing to epidemic control (compared to no indirect protection: OR 4·10, 3·49-4·82 and 2·87, 2·34-3·50, respectively. Predicted acceptance was 93·8% for optimized communication on mRNA vaccines and 16·0% for vector-based vaccines recommended to ≥55-year-old persons. Vaccine eagerness among serial non-demanders slightly but significantly increased with the prospect of safely meeting older people and epidemic control; and reduced with lower vaccine efficacy.Discussion: Vaccine promotion towards HCWs who hesitate or refuse vaccination, should avoid the notion of benefit-risk balance, while indirect protection effects with individual utility can lever acceptance. Vaccines with limited efficacy will unlikely achieve high uptake.Funding: This study was conducted with financial support from French Public Health Agency (SantéPublique France).Declaration of Interest: None to declare. Ethical Approval: The study protocol was approved by the IRB of CHU St Etienne (N° IRBN1092021/CHUSTE ) and the database was registered by EHESP French School of Public Health according to the GRDP regulation. Because the data collection was observational, collected no sensitive and only self-declared biomedical information, no informed consent was required. Participants visiting the study website saw the complete study information and agreed to study participation before starting the questionnaire. Study participation was anonymous without any risk of indirect identification.

Values and preferences of contraceptive methods: a mixed-methods study among sex workers from diverse settings

There is limited information on contraceptive values and preferences of sex workers. We conducted a mixed-method study to explore contraceptive values and preferences among sex workers. We conducted an online survey with individuals from 38 countries (n = 239), 6 focus group discussions (FGD, n = 68) in Zimbabwe, and 12 in-depth phone interviews (IDI) across 4 world regions, in June and July of 2019. Participants were asked about awareness of contraceptives, methods they had used in the past, and the determinants of their choices. Differences between respondents from high-, low- and middle- income countries were examined. Qualitative data were analysed thematically. Survey participants reported an awareness of modern contraceptive methods. FGDs found that younger women had lower awareness. Reports of condomless sex were common and modern contraceptive use was inconsistent. Determinants of contraceptive choices differed by setting according to results of the survey, FGD, and IDI. Regardless of country income level, determinants of contraceptive choices included ease of use, ease of access to a contraceptive method, and fewer side effects. Healthcare provider attitudes, availability of methods, and clinic schedules were important considerations. Most sex workers are aware of contraceptives, but barriers include male partners/clients, side effects, and health system factors such as access and clinic attitudes towards sex workers.

The selectivity of attracting foreign nationals to work in recipient countries

The article provides a comparative analysis of practices on regulating the employment of foreign nationals, used in large recipient states (Germany, USA, Canada, Russia, Republic of Korea). The subject of the study is the process of external labor migration, taking into account country regulatory approaches to attracting foreign labour. The study aims to develop theoretical principles and methodology for regulating the process of external labor migration. The methodology is based on the polyparadigmal concept of the study, using theoretical experience in the study of migration processes and the practice of influencing their regulation. The scientific novelty of the study is to assess the effectiveness of a selective approach to attracting foreign workers to national labour markets. As a result of the study, a methodology has been developed to assess the impact of migration processes on labour market regulation in recipient countries. Promising for countries hosting external migrant workers is the mechanism of targeted organized recruitment of foreign nationals to carry out work activities. At the heart of this mechanism is the selective selection of job seekers on the basis of professional, sociocultural, educational and personal criteria that correspond to the interests of the host external migrants of society and the recipient state. To understand the basic administrative approaches and the system of economic, legal and social instruments for regulating the process of external labour migration, it is important to study the practice of adaptation activities of large recipient States, which have a systematic and proven mechanism of inclusion of foreign job seekers. Measures to regulate external labour migration needed to be balanced, since increased restrictive measures could lead to an increase in illegal external labour migration, and excessive preferences for foreign workers could restrict the rights of recipient citizens.

Увлеченность работой и благополучие при работе в клинике тяжелых соматических заболеваний: роль личностных особенностей у врачей- клиницистов и сотрудников лабораторий

The contemporary stage of the organizational psychology development is characterized by the interest in differentiating different states at the workplace and in searching for the personal and organizational resources that contribute to a greater engagement in work and prevent the risk of the emotional burnout, the dependence upon work, the disbalance between work and life, etc. The present study aims at detecting personal predictors of ill-health in doctors at the workplace who personally work with patients with severe somatic diseases, and laboratory staff doctors who work with the same patients without any constant personal contact. 180 doctors working with patients with severe somatic diseases (94 clinicians and 86 laboratory employees) filled out the life satisfaction scale, the Utrecht work engagement scale, the emotional exhaustion subscale of the burnout scale, the Dutch scales of job boredom and work addiction, the big five personality test (the second version) and the Millon clinical multiaxial inventory (the third version). According to the results, the differences between the clinicians in the direct contact with patients and the laboratory employees are about a higher level of workaholism in the former, especially in fresh clinicians. That can be explained by both personal and organizational potentials that contribute to coping with stress in this sample. The personal features of the clinicians correspond to their professional choice and development including the propensity for a positive self-presentation, dominance, and the importance of attention and appreciation. The pedantry and thoroughness characteristic of the laboratory employees can contribute to their professional success, while the avoidant personal pattern and self-defense pattern are consistent with their preference for a laboratory work. The data are in favour of the functional opposite of workaholism and boredom, the former with a higher level of empathy and pedantry, and the latter — with that of a lower level. In the both groups, a depressive pattern of personality is associated with a greater boredom at the workplace, the emotional exhaustion and the general dissatisfaction with life; moreover, the risk of the emotional exhaustion is higher in case of unstable emotions and a low dynamism. Thus, a high level of workaholism in the group of the clinicians indicates the importance of the prevention of the dependence on work in the employees who directly contact patients with severe somatic diseases, especially in fresh clinicians with a high level of dominance, empathy and pedantry. In other words, it is important to those who are usually successful at work and do not seek any psychological help) as well as those who are prone to an avoidant or dependent pattern of personality which also leads to the work-life disbalance.

Thermodynamic Discrimination between Energy Sources for Chemical Reactions

Summary Chemical transformations traverse large energy differences, yet the comparison of energy sources to drive a reaction is often done on a case-by-case basis; there is no fundamentally driven, universal framework with which to analyze and compare driving forces for chemical reactions. In this work, we present a reaction-independent expression for the equilibrium constant as a function of temperature, pressure, and voltage. With a specific set of axes, all reactions are represented by a single ( x , y ) point, and a quantitative divide between electrochemically and thermochemically driven reactions is visually evident. Additionally, we show that our expression has a strong physical basis in work and energy fluxes to the system, although specific data about operating conditions are necessary to provide a quantitative energy analysis. Overall, this universal equation and facile visualization of chemical reactions provides a consistent thermodynamic framework for comparing electrochemical versus thermochemical energy sources without knowledge of detailed process parameters.

The power of knowledge management in tertiary sector

Tertiary Education Organisations generate significant amounts of data within the course of their primary activities and have multiple complex processes to manage the work of the Faculties, Student Support and Administrative Services. This makes knowledge management a critical necessity to ensure continuity across the organisation. The project examines the practices at Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus which is as a joint venture and has a unique challenge of having to merge knowledge management systems from two different tertiary education organisations – Future Skills and Otago Polytechnic. The project explores internal communications, individual work preferences and knowledge accessibility as key contributors to knowledge management through document analysis and thematic analysis of interviews with members of Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus academic and professional teams/ departments. The findings identified that different departments rely on individual processes that may vary significantly depending on personal preferences of the key internal stakeholders and often compartmentalise beneficial information without making it available to stakeholders outside of their teams. This research highlighted the challenges of relying on faculty-specific systems for managing operational data, which extends into different knowledge management systems across the organisation and complicates knowledge transfer. The evidence was used to make a case for higher integration of the knowledge management processes within the organisation as a way to maintain consistent quality standards and reduce operational costs, particularly within the context of increased volatility of the higher education sector.

الأَنْفَاسُ الزَّکِیَّةُ فِی حُکْمِ تَفْضِیلِ الأَوْلَادِ بِالعَطِیَّةِ دِرَاسَةٌ فِقْهِیَّةٌ مُّقَارِنَةٌ

ملخص البحث: توضيح الأحکام الخاصة بقضية (تفضيل الأولاد بالعطية) من الأهمية بمکان؛ حيث تشغل بال کثير من المکلفين، ويکثر سؤالهم عنها، ولذا کانت الحاجة ملحة إلى بحث يفصل أحکامها ويبرز ضوابطها. وقد أثار البحث عددا من المسائل المتعلقة بهذه القضية، وحاول الإجابة عنها، کحکم تفضيل أحد الأبناء في العطية عند وجود مسوغ يقتضي التفضيل، وحکم التفضيل عند عدم وجود مسوغ، وحکم تفضيل الولد العامل مع أبيه دون بقية إخوته، وکذا کيفية العدل المطلوب إجراؤه بين الأولاد، هل يکون بالتسوية بين الذکر والأنثى؟ أم بقسمة المال بينهم کالميراث للذکر مثل حظ الأنثيين؟ وموقع الهبة بين النفاذ والبطلان إن قلنا بمنعها، وحکم هبة المال للبنات فقط دون بقية الورثة لمن لم ينجب ذکورا. وقد اتبعت منهج الاستقراء والتتبع لرصد أقوال الفقهاء فيما يتعلق بهذه القضية وما يدخل تحتها من مسائل، کما اتبعت منهج الموازنة الفقهية بين الأقوال الواردة، فذکرت أقوال الفقهاء في کل مسألة، وأدلة کل قول، وما ورد على تلک الأدلة من مناقشات واعتراضات، مع اختيار قول منها، وبيان سبب ترجيحه. Abstract: It's important to clarify the provisions on the case of favoring boys with donation ; Many assigned people are concerned, and frequently asked about them, and there is therefore an urgent need for research detailing their provisions and highlighting their disciplines. It has raised a number of issues relating to this issue and has tried to answer them, such as preference for a child in a gift where there is a reason to give, preference where there is no reason, preference for a child working with his father over other brothers, and how applying equity among children by equality between males and females? Or by dividing the money between them as inheritance the male takes the double of the females? And the site of the gift is between enforceability and vanity if we say no, and the provisions on money is to be awarded only to the daughters and only to the rest of the heirs for those who have no male children.

The Politics of Part-Time Work: Gender, Employment Status, and Preferences for Redistribution

AbstractThe social and economic forces that shape attitudes toward the welfare state are of central concern to social scientists. Scholarship in this area has paid limited attention to how working part-time, the employment status of nearly 20% of the U.S. workforce, affects redistribution preferences. In this article, we theoretically develop and empirically test an argument about the ways that part-time work, and its relationship to gender, shape redistribution preferences. We articulate two gender-differentiated pathways—one material and one about threats to social status—through which part-time work and gender may jointly shape individuals’ preferences for redistribution. We test our argument using cross-sectional and panel data from the General Social Survey in the United States. We find that the positive relationship between part-time employment, compared to full-time employment, and redistribution preferences is stronger for men than for women. Indeed, we do not detect a relationship between part-time work and redistribution preferences among women. Our results provide support for a gendered relationship between part-time employment and redistribution preferences and demonstrate that both material and status-based mechanisms shape this association.

Policy Series: Illuminating the Intersection Between Employers and Experienced Employees: Current Research and Policy Directions

Population aging, resulting from the combination of longer life expectancy and lower birthrates, has widespread implications for both employees and employers across the United States. By2040, age55-plus workers are projected to account for more than25 percent of America’s workforce. Yet, even though we have gained a better understanding of the needs and preferences of aging workers, we know far less about the organizations which employ them. This symposium presents the latest research concerning: age discrimination in the workplace, intergenerational workplace arrangements, work ability and performance, and the increasingly varied pathways older persons are taking from work to retirement. We also examine how employers have addressed these issues, and consider why one type of employer may be more likely to adopt and implement a policy or program supporting older workers. Panelists then discuss policy alternatives that may increase and expand current employer efforts to support experienced employees.

The Tetris office: Flexwork, real estate and city planning in Silicon Valley North, Canada

The spatial needs of knowledge workers — especially high-tech, digital workers — are of concern to digitizing companies. In order to attract and anchor talent, companies are experimenting with workplace strategies like “flexwork”, at the core of which is worker autonomy through flexible hours and workplaces. While flexwork is not new, it has been popularized by the rise of coworking, especially among the digital elites. Meanwhile, cities looking to promote economic growth are also focusing on the spatial preferences of such workers. This paper explores the motivation behind the adoption of flexwork, how this has been affecting office real estate, and how planners have reacted to these changes. Drawing from fieldwork and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with corporate consultants, real estate professionals and city planners in Canada's Silicon Valley North, I show how flexwork translates into a demand for flexible leases, which landlords seize as an opportunity to extract higher rents. This intensifies the need for flexibility, only this time for cost-saving purposes. City planners, while cognizant of this circular relationship between flexwork, flexible workplaces and rising rents, feel limited in their capacity to influence the real estate market. These insights are important considering the widespread adoption of flexwork at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis.

Can I Switch Off? I Can’t Breathe!

The digitalization of workplaces is a ‘double-edged sword’. While information communication technology (ICT) can enhance flexibility at workplaces enabling work-life balance, the constant availability of workers due to electronic access during off-hours has caused several deleterious impacts on industrial relations, health and well-being, work-family balance, autonomy, and the privacy of modern-day workers. A wave of global legislative responses occurred as a response to hyper-connectivity to workplaces enabled by ICT in industrialized countries. This article explores these legal responses against the growing overwork pandemic because of electronic communication. It appraises the efficacy of international labour standards on the right to disconnect and offers a critical examination of the French legislative model, the first express legislation on the right to switch off, and the global push for disconnection created with its enactment. Legislative responses stimulate intense debate, placing the problem of over connectivity at the centre of the discussion. However, diversity of workplaces, types and modes of working, and the absence of enforcement mechanisms raise questions on the efficiency of the legislative model. The article explores the efficacy of the self-regulation model as an alternative to the legislative model. Such a model that supports national, sectoral, organizational, company-specific collective agreements designed to address the different needs and preferences of workers and to respond dynamically to ICT advancements and industrial regulations are preferable to assure a viable switch off from workplaces in the modern work world.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AND WORK MOTIVATION AMONG STAFF NURSES IN GOVERNMENTAL HOSPITALS IN PORT SAID

Background: Nurses are a main group of health service providers, but they have to face physical and psychological problems such as permanent confrontation with the patient, being exposed to health hazards. Nurses need to be motivated to accomplish their tasks, provide quality care. Motivation at work was found to be closely linked with job satisfaction and psychological well-being. Aim: the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between psychological wellbeing and work motivation among staff nurses in Governmental Hospitals in Port Said. Subject and Methods: The current study utilized a descriptive correlational design. The study population included all staff nurses with total number 274 at inpatient units working in four hospitals namely (Port Said general hospital, Elnasr hospital, Elzohor Central hospital and Port Fouad general hospital), used two tools: Ryff Psychological Wellbeing Scale (Ryff Scale), Work Preference Inventory scale, a personal and job characteristics questionnaire sheet was added. Results: The high percentage of nurses participate in this study were females 94.2%, less than three quarter of studied staff nurses had high level of the total psychological well-being (71.5%), the majority of the studied staff nurses had highly total scores of work motivation (77.4%).Conclusions: there is a significant correlation between psychological wellbeing and work motivation among staff nurses in governmental hospitals at Port Said. Recommendations: Nurses should improve their psychological wellbeing state. In addition, nurses' managers should motivate nurses through increase incentives, appreciate and acknowledge all nurses working in hospitals.

Job Mobility and Wealth Inequality

The extent to which employees change jobs, known as the job mobility rate, has been steadily declining in the US for decades. This decline is understood to have a negative impact on both productivity and wages, and econometric studies fail to support any single cause brought forward. This decline coincides with decreases in household savings, increases in household debt and wage stagnation. We propose that the decline could be the consequence of a complex interaction between mobility, savings, wages and debt, such that if changing jobs incurs costs which are paid out of savings, or incurs debt in the absence of sufficient savings, a negative feedback loop is generated. People are further restricted in making moves by their debt obligations and inability to save, which in turn depresses wages further. To explore this hypothesis, we developed a stylized model in which agents chose their employment situation based on their opportunities and preferences for work and where there are costs to changing jobs and the possibility of borrowing to meet those costs. We indeed found evidence of a negative feedback loop involving changes, wages, savings and debt, as well as evidence that this dynamic results in a level of wealth inequality on the same scale as we see today in the US.

Health Care Worker Preferences and Perspectives on Doses per Container for 2 Lyophilized Vaccines in Senegal, Vietnam, and Zambia.

Limited information exists on health care workers' (HCWs) perceptions about use of multidose vaccine vials and their preferences about doses per container (DPC). We present findings from qualitative studies conducted in Senegal, Vietnam, and Zambia to explore HCWs' behavior regarding opening vials and their perceptions and preferences for the number of doses in vials of BCG and measles-containing vaccine (MCV). Zambia and Senegal currently offer MCV in 10-dose vials and BCG in 20-dose vials; 10-dose vials are used for both vaccines in Vietnam. Unused doses in vials of these reconstituted vaccines must be discarded within 6 hours. Key informant interviews (KIIs) were conducted with frontline HCWs in Senegal, Vietnam, and Zambia. In Senegal and Vietnam, the KIIs were conducted as part of broader formative research; in Zambia, KIIs were conducted in control districts using 10-dose MCV vials only and in intervention districts that switched from 10- to 5-dose vials during the study. During analysis, themes common to all 3 countries were synthesized. Critical themes relevant to country contexts were also examined. HCWs in all 3 countries preferred containers with fewer doses for BCG and MCV to reduce wastage and increase the likelihood of vaccinating every eligible child. HCWs in Senegal and HCWs using 10-dose vials in Zambia reported sending unvaccinated children away because not enough children were present to warrant opening a new vial. In Vietnam, where sessions are typically held monthly, and in Zambia when the 5-dose vials were used, almost all HCWs reported opening a vial of MCV for even 1 child. HCWs prefer vials with fewer DPC. Their concerns about balancing coverage and wastage influence their decisions to vaccinate every eligible child; and their perspectives are crucial to ensuring that all target populations are reached with vaccines in a timely manner.

Temporary Workers and Collective-Action Preferences in China

Developed countries are becoming concerned with an increase in temporary workers, as it has undermined both their job security and the effects of collective action. China has experienced a surge of temporary work during the last three decades. Employing a cost and benefit analysis, this study identifies labor shortages and the weakness of job protection against arbitrary dismissal, both preconditions that have affected the collective-action preferences of temporary and permanent workers in China since 2010. Although the former has lowered the cost of collective action for temporary workers in China, the latter has increased the opportunity cost for permanent workers. Analyzing the Chinese General Social Survey in 2013, this study finds that temporary workers are twice as likely as permanent workers to actively join in collective action, suggesting that the prevalence of precarious work in China does not necessarily disempower Chinese workers.

Work ethic and economic development: An investigation into Weber’s thesis

This paper argues that the capitalist spirit associated with Max Weber’s Protestant Ethics is not associated with Protestantism but with the modernization phase of economic development. A preference for hard work is also found amongst other religions and non-religious people at times of high economic growth and decreases after the modernization phase. We find a robust relationship between the level and growth of economic development during an individual’s childhood and this individual’s work ethic. An epidemiological approach is applied to indicate that the direction of the relationship runs from growth and the level of economic development at the time values are formed, to work ethic. Protestant adherence has a positive relation with work ethic, but this relation is less robust than economic development.

Are Inventors or Firms the Engines of Innovation?

In this study, we empirically assess the contributions of inventors and firms for innovation using a 37-year panel of U.S. patenting activity. We estimate that inventors’ human capital is 5–10 times more important than firm capabilities for explaining the variance in inventor output. We then examine matching between inventors and firms and find highly talented inventors are attracted to firms that (i) have weak firm-specific invention capabilities and (ii) employ other talented inventors. A theoretical model that incorporates worker preferences for inventive output rationalizes our empirical findings of negative assortative matching between inventors and firms and positive assortative matching among inventors. This paper was accepted by Ashish Arora, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Child labor processes in the city of Mashhad: A narrative study

It has been more than a decade that the phenomenon of child labor has become a social problem in Iran. Though universal, it has certain features in every society. In the present study, the processes of child labor formation in the city of Mashhad as one of the cities of Iran have been investigated. The study population in this study were working children living in Mashhad in 2015. First, the files of 345 working children were reviewed through documentary method. A profile of the working children situation was provided. Then, the narrative research method was employed to find these processes and narrative interview technique was used to obtain the description of the lives of these children. After fifteen interviews, theoretical saturation was obtained. Sequential and fragmented sections that were effective in bringing children to work were then extracted as sub-narratives. In this way, the general processes through which child labor forms were determined in a pattern. The results show that most of working children have family support. This means that they turn to work and live on the streets while their families are aware of this. These children are driven to work on the streets in four processes of being a member of an immigrant family with economic poverty, having a family following labor culture, having irresponsible parents, as well as being a member of a beggar family. In all processes, there are interrelated factors at three macro, intermediate and micro levels that underlie child's labor. At the macro level, economic problems lead to the formation of two huge migration waves to the city of Mashhad. Poor immigrants settle on the outskirts of the city and are in an unfavorable economic situation. At the intermediate level, the critical living conditions of working children such as domestic violence, lack of access to education (especially among foreign immigrants), preference for work over education, the prevalence of having a begging-based lifestyle and addiction of family members can be mentioned. Findings of the study at the micro level emphasize the relationship between the working children and the offending or working peers. In these situations, working children may become addicted and be forced to work to pay for drugs, or be driven to work under the influence of their friends to gain economic benefits such as buying favorable snacks or playing games on the net at game centers. However, it was also found out that the children's families also benefit from and encourage them to work.

Preferences of Cognitively Impaired Patients and Patients Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Patient Preference Studies.

Treatment decisions based on guidelines rather than patients' preferences determine adherence to and compliance with treatment, which, in turn, could improve health-related outcomes. To summarize the stated treatment and care preferences of people with dementia (PwD). A systematic review was conducted to assess the stated preferences of PwD. The inclusion criterion was the use of quantitative methods to elicit stated preferences, enabling a ranking of preferences. Eleven studies revealed preferences for diagnostics, treatment decisions, patient-related outcomes, care services, end-of-life care, leisure activities, and digital life story work. PwDs prefer accurate, pain-free, and comfortable diagnostic procedures without radioactive markers as well as being accompanied by a caregiver. PwD's quality of life (QoL), self-efficacy, and depression were equally most important for PwD and caregivers. However, PwD memory was only important for caregivers but not for PwD, and caregiver QoL was moderately important for PwD but least important for caregivers. Additionally, comfort and family involvement were most important for patients' end-of-life care, whereas caregivers most preferred good communication and pain management. Also, preferences depend on the living situation: Patients living not alone prefer a regular care provider most, whereas those living alone only want to live nearby the caregiver. Preferences for leisure activities did not differ between past and present ratings, indicating that PwD prefer activities that have always been carried out. Only a few studies have applied quantitative methods to elicit the preferences of PwD. More research is needed to capture the stated preferences for the treatment, care, and support of PwD to improve health-related outcomes and the allocation of healthcare resources.

The Analysis of Predictors of Retirement Preferences over Time

Due to rapid demographic ageing and to sustain its pension system, the Netherlands recently initiated a pension reform that increased the retirement age, with the intention to increase labour force participation among older workers. However, there is little evidence on the preferences of workers concerning their retirement age, and on how these preferences have changed over time. To identify personal and work-related determinants of the preference toward earlier or later retirement, and how these determinants and preferences have changed over time. We use data from three consecutive measurements (waves) of a large Dutch panel. Ordered logit regression is used to investigate the predictors of retirement preferences. Analyses are performed for two groups; all workers and a subsample of workers aged 50 years or older. Furthermore, the analyses are performed for each wave separately and for the combined dataset. A preference for later retirement is primarily related to university education, high job satisfaction, and high income. Age is only positively related to later retirement among older workers. Earlier retirement is preferred by female workers and workers living with a partner. The preference toward an earlier retirement age has increased over time. The preferences toward retirement can be primarily explained by personal characteristics, job satisfaction, and net income. Furthermore, with the increase in the retirement age defined by current legislation, the preference for an earlier retirement age has increased over time.