Working conditions and retirement: How important are HR policies in prolonging working life?

Mikkel Barslund; Jürgen Bauknecht; Andreas Cebulla

doi:10.5771/0935-9915-2019-1-120

Working conditions and retirement: How important are HR policies in prolonging working life?

Mikkel Barslund, Jürgen Bauknecht, Andreas Cebulla

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Abstract

Human resource (HR) measures to improve job satisfaction can prolong working lives, yet there is little evidence about the size of such effect. We provide a comprehensive literature review and an analysis of the link between the length of the remaining working life of older workers and a number of indicators of job satisfaction for 12 European countries, using the panel dimension of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We simulate the best-case potential for HR policies to extend working lives. Results suggest that this potential is at around three additional working months. This effect is small in comparison to other policies to extend working lives.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	120-141
Number of pages	22
Journal	Management Revue
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2019-1-120
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Extended working lives
Human resource management
Retirement
Working conditions

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