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Antecedents of older nurses' intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement

Peng, Yisheng, Peng
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2994-1448
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1498339865932619

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology.
This study contributes to the literature on bridge employment by examining the relationships between job-related psychosocial factors (i.e., generativity opportunities, workplace incivility, and relational job crafting) and intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement, as well as the underlying mechanism through work meaningfulness. Furthermore, the moderating role of individuals’ communion striving motivation was tested. A sample of 384 nurses 50 years old or above was recruited to test the hypothesized moderated mediation model. Results indicated that all the three examined job-related psychosocial factors (except generativity opportunities) were significantly related to older nurses’ intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement. Work meaningfulness partially mediated the relationships between workplace incivility, relational job crafting, and older nurses’ intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement. Work meaningfulness also fully mediated the relationship between generativity opportunities and older nurses’ intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement. Finally, communion striving motivation enhanced the positive relationship between generativity opportunities and work meaningfulness and exaggerated the indirect relationship between generativity opportunities and older nurses’ intentions to continue working after retirement via work meaningfulness. Overall, findings suggest that in order to retain older nurses, organizations should lower workplace incivility, provide generativity opportunities, encourage relational job crafting, and cultivate work meaningfulness. Implications of these findings, as well as directions for future research, are discussed.
Steve Jex (Committee Co-Chair)
Yiwei Chen (Committee Co-Chair)
Russell Matthews (Committee Member)
Alfred DeMaris (Committee Member)
82 p.
Psychology
older workers; bridge employment; incivility; generativity opportunities; job crafting; work meaningfulness

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  • Peng, Peng, Y. (2017). Antecedents of older nurses' intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1498339865932619

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Peng, Peng, Yisheng. Antecedents of older nurses' intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement. 2017. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1498339865932619.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Peng, Peng, Yisheng. "Antecedents of older nurses' intentions to continue working in the same organization after retirement." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1498339865932619

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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