Returning to the workforce after retiring: a job demands,job control,social support perspective on job satisfaction |
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| Authors: | Melissa Brown Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes Tay K McNamara Elyssa Besen |
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| Institution: | 1. Sloan Center on Aging and Work, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, MA, USAbrowntv@bc.edu;3. Sloan Center on Aging and Work, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA;4. Center for Disability Research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Despite growing interest in the aging of the workforce, few investigations have explored a key aspect of diversity among older workers: whether or not they consider themselves retired. Using a sample of workers ages 50 and older from the National Study of the Changing Workforce (2008), we apply career development theory and the job demand–control(–support) framework to investigate potential differences between working retirees (i.e. employed older adults 50+ who consider themselves retired) and working non-retirees (i.e. employed older adults 50+ who do not consider themselves retired) in terms of their job characteristics (i.e. demands, control, support) and how these job characteristics are related to job satisfaction. We find that working retirees report lower job demands and higher social support, and that there is limited evidence for the buffering hypothesis. Implications for researchers and employers are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | career development job control job demands job-related social support older workers retirement |
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