title: Predictors of planned retirement age: an application of Beehr's model.
abstract: Given the aging workforce, understanding the retirement process is an area of increasing interest to organizations. T. A. Beehr's (1986) model of retirement behavior was used in this study as a basis for selecting personal, psychological, and organizational predictors of subsequent planned retirement age. In addition, potential differences in predictors of the planned retirement age of retirement-eligible and retirement-ineligible respondents were explored. Two hundred sixty-four respondents working for a large multinational firm completed 2 surveys on their attitudes toward work and retirement. Results showed that chronological age, employee health, and self-perceptions of the ability to adjust to retirement predicted subsequent planned retirement age. Interactions of the predictors with retirement eligibility are reported along with implications for retirement-planning programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Clemson University, South Carolina 29634-1511, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Shore
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010415:Pensions; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*