nach oben

European Journal of Ageing

Erschienen in:

01.12.2011 | Original Investigation

Relationships of proactive behaviour with job-related affective well-being and anticipated retirement age: an exploration among older employees in Belgium

verfasst von: Rita Claes, Kaat Van Loo

Erschienen in: European Journal of Ageing | Ausgabe 4/2011

Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten

Abstract

Developed countries throughout the world are challenged with the ageing of their labour force. In these societal contexts, low employment rates and early labour market exits of older employees are at stake, as well as arrangements for retirement, financial household considerations and mutual obligations between generations. Although proactive behaviour has been extensively studied, no research has addressed the proactive behaviour of older employees themselves when facing (re)hiring and retention versus early retirement. For the first time, this study tests the relationships of proactive behaviour with job-related affective well-being and anticipated retirement age in a sample of employees aged 50+ (N = 89) in Belgium. The findings are obtained by using a self-report questionnaire. Statistical analysis includes correlation and regression analysis. Major findings are that (i) proactive older employees feel energetic, enthusiastic, inspired, at ease, relaxed and satisfied; and (ii) later retirement is anticipated when experiencing positive affective well-being at study.

Armstrong SJ, Hird A (2009) Cognitive style and entrepreneurial drive of new and mature business owner-managers. J Bus Psychol 24:419–430CrossRef

Balducci C, Fraccaroli F, Schaufeli WB (2010) Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9). Eur J Psychol Assess 26:143–149CrossRef

Bateman TS, Crant JM (1993) The proactive component of organizational behavior: a measure and correlates. J Organ Behav 14:103–118CrossRef

Belschak FD, Den Hartog DN, Fay D (2010) Exploring positive, negative and context-dependent aspects of proactive behaviours at work. J Occup Organ Psychol 83:267–273CrossRef

Bidewell J, Griffin B, Hesketh B (2006) Timing of retirement: including a delay discounting perspective in retirement models. J Vocat Behav 68:368–387CrossRef

Bindl UK, Parker SK (2010) Proactive work behaviour: forward-thinking and change-oriented action in organizations. In: Zedeck S (ed) APA handbook of industrial and organizational psychology. American Psychological Association, Washington DC, pp 567–598

Bolino MC, Valcea S, Harvey J (2010) Employee, manage thyself: the potentially negative implications of expecting employees to behave proactively. J Occup Organ Psychol 83:325–345CrossRef

Börsch-Supan A, Hank K, Jürges H, Schröder M (2009) Introduction: empirical research on health, ageing and retirement in Europe. J Eur Soc Policy 19:293–300CrossRef

Brougham RR, Walsh DA (2009) Early and late retirement exits. Int J Aging Hum Dev 69:267–286CrossRef

Buyens D, Van Dijk H, Dewilde T, De Vos A (2009) The aging workforce: perceptions of career ending. J Manag Psychol 24:102–117CrossRef

Chiaburu DS, Marinova SV, Lim AS (2007) Helping and proactive extra-role behaviours: the influence of motives, goal orientation, and social context. Pers Individ Differ 43:2282–2293CrossRef

Claes R, Beheyt C, Lemmens B (2005) Unidimensionality of abbreviated Proactive Personality Scales across cultures. Appl Psychol 54:476–489CrossRef

Cohen J (1992) A power primer. Psychol Bull 112:155–159CrossRef

Cole MS, Walter F, Bruch H (2008) Affective mechanisms linking dysfunctional behaviour to performance in work teams: a moderated mediation study. J Appl Psychol 93:945–958CrossRef

Crant JM (2000) Proactive behaviour in organizations. J Manag 26:435–462CrossRef

Czaja SJ, Sharit J (eds) (2009) Aging and work: issues and implications in a changing landscape. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

Den Hartog DN, Belschak FD (2007) Personal initiative, commitment and affect at work. J Occup Organ Psychol 80:601–622CrossRef

Ekerdt DJ (2010) Frontiers of research on work and retirement. J Gerontol 65B:69–80CrossRef

European Social Survey (ESS) (2010) Database 2008. http://ess.nsd.uib.no/ess/round4. Accessed 17 Mar 2010

Eurostat (2010) Structural indicators. http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Accessed 15 Dec 2010

Fritz C, Sonnentag S (2009) Antecedents of day-level proactive behaviour: a look at job stressors and positive affect during the workday. J Manag 35:94–111CrossRef

Grant AM, Ashford SJ (2008) The dynamics of proactivity at work. Res Organ Behav 28:3–34CrossRef

Griffin MA, Parker SK, Mason CM (2010) Leader vision and the development of adaptive and proactive performance. J Appl Psychol 95:174–182CrossRef

Henkens K, Leenders M (2010) Burnout and older workers’ intentions to retire. Int J Manpow 31:306–321CrossRef

Herrbach O, Mignonac K, Vandenberghe C, Negrini A (2009) Perceived HRM practices, organizational commitment, and voluntary early retirement among late career managers. Hum Resour Manag 48:895–915CrossRef

Kirby EG, Kirby SL (2006) Improving task performance: the relationship between morningness and proactive thinking. J Appl Soc Psychol 36:2715–2729CrossRef

Kluemper DH, Little LM, DeGroot T (2009) State or trait: effects of state optimism on job-related outcomes. J Organ Behav 30:209–231CrossRef

Meier LL, Semmer NK, Elfering A, Jacobshagen N (2008) The double meaning of control: three-way interactions between internal resources, job control, and stressors at work. J Occup Health Psychol 13:244–258CrossRef

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) (2006) Live longer, work longer. OECD Publications, Paris

Parker SK, Collins C (2010) Taking stock: integrating and differentiating multiple proactive behaviors. J Manag 36:633–662CrossRef

Parker SK, Williams HM, Turner N (2006) Modelling the antecedents of proactive behaviour at work. J Appl Psychol 91:636–652CrossRef

Parker SK, Bindl UK, Strauss K (2010) Making things happen: a model of proactive motivation. J Manag 36:827–856CrossRef

Porath CL, Bateman TS (2006) Self-regulation: from goal orientation to job performance. J Appl Psychol 91:185–192CrossRef

Pringels A, Claes R (2001) Proactieve Persoonlijkheidsschaal (PPS): Ontwikkeling en voorlopige validatie [Proactive Personality Scale (PPS): development and preliminary validation]. Gedrag organ. 14:291–304

Schalk R, van Veldhoven M, de Lange AH, De Witte H, Kraus K, Stamov-Rossnagel C, Zacher H (2010) Moving European research on work and ageing forward: overview and agenda. Eur J Work Organ Psychol 19:76–101CrossRef

Schaufeli W, van Rhenen W (2006) Over de rol van positieve en negatieve emoties bij het welbevinden van managers: Een studie met de Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS). [About the role of positive and negative emotions in managers’ well-being: a study using the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS)]. Gedrag organ 19:323–344

Sharit J, Czaja SJ (in press) Job design and re-design for older workers. In: Hedge JW, Borman WC (eds) The Oxford handbook of work and aging. Oxford University Press, Oxford Library of Psychology, Oxford

Simpson PA, Greller MM, Stroh LK (2002) Variations in human capital investment activity by age. J Vocat Behav 61:109–138CrossRef

Strauss K, Griffin MA, Rafferty AE (2009) Proactivity directed toward the team and organization: the role of leadership, commitment and role-breath self-efficacy. Br J Manag 20:279–291CrossRef

Thomas JP, Whitman DS, Viswesvaran C (2010) Employee proactivity in organizations: a comparative meta-analysis of emergent proactive constructs. J Occup Organ Psychol 83:275–300CrossRef

Topa G, Moriano JA, Depolo M, Alcover C-M, Morales JF (2009) Antecedents and consequences of retirement planning and decision-making: a meta-analysis and model. J Vocat Behav 75:38–55CrossRef

Uncu Y, Bayram N, Bilgel N (2007) Job related affective well-being among primary health care physicians. Eur J Public Health 17:514–519CrossRef

Van Katwyk P, Fox S, Spector PE, Kelloway E (2000) Using the job-related affective well-being scale (JAWS) to investigate affective responses to work stressors. J Occup Health Psychol 5:219–230CrossRef

van Solinge H, Henkens K (2009) Living longer, working longer? The impact of subjective life expectancy on retirement intentions and behaviour. Eur J Public Health 20:47–51CrossRef

van Veldhoven M, Dorenbosch L (2008) Age, proactivity and career development. Career Dev Int 13:112–131CrossRef

von Bonsdorff ME, Huuhtanen P, Tuomi K, Seitsamo J (2010) Predictors of employees’ early retirement intentions: an 11-year longitudinal study. Occup Med 60:94–100CrossRef

Warr P (1978) Work, unemployment and mental health. Oxford University Press, Oxford

Zaniboni S, Sarchielli G, Fraccaroli F (2010) How are psychosocial factors related to retirement intentions? Int J Manpow 31:271–285CrossRef

Titel: Relationships of proactive behaviour with job-related affective well-being and anticipated retirement age: an exploration among older employees in Belgium
verfasst von: Rita Claes
Kaat Van Loo
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2011
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: European Journal of Ageing / Ausgabe 4/2011
Print ISSN: 1613-9372
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-9380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-011-0203-7

Springer Medizin

Abstract

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu diesem Inhalt zu erhalten

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 4/2011

Self-rated health and mortality risk in relation to gender and education: a time-dependent covariate analysis

Measuring aspects of social capital in a gerontological perspective

Living with falls: house-bound older people’s experiences of health and community care

Social inequality in onset of mobility limitations in midlife: a longitudinal study in Denmark

Masters of their own time? Working carers’ visions of retirement

Experienced discrimination amongst European old citizens