Antecedents of bridge employment: a longitudinal investigation.

TitleAntecedents of bridge employment: a longitudinal investigation.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsWang, M, Zhan, Y, Liu, S, Shultz, KS
JournalJ Appl Psychol
Volume93
Issue4
Pagination818-30
Date Published2008 Jul
ISSN Number0021-9010
Call Numbernewpubs20080822_AppPsych
KeywordsAged, Career Mobility, Employment, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Psychological Theory, Retirement, Surveys and Questionnaires
Abstract

Bridge employment is the labor force participation pattern increasingly observed in older workers between their career jobs and their complete labor force withdrawal. It serves as a transition process from career employment to full retirement. Typical bridge employment decisions include full retirement, career bridge employment, and bridge employment in a different field. In the current study, 3 dominant theories (i.e., role theory, continuity theory, and life course perspective) on retirement processes were reviewed. On the basis of these theories, the authors proposed 4 categories of antecedents (i.e., individual attributes, job-related psychological variables, family-related variables, and a retirement-planning-related variable) of different types of bridge employment decisions. The authors used longitudinal data of a large, nationally representative sample from the Health and Retirement Study (F. Juster & R. Suzman, 1995) to test the current hypotheses. These data were analyzed with multinomial logistic regression, and most of the hypotheses were supported by the results. The implications of this study are discussed at both theoretical and practical levels.

DOI10.1037/0021-9010.93.4.818
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18642986?dopt=Abstract

Endnote Keywords

Labor Force Participation/Bridge Jobs/Older workers/RETIREMENT

Endnote ID

19230

Alternate JournalJ Appl Psychol
Citation Key7242
PubMed ID18642986