sh.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Matching the Pieces: The Presence of Idiosyncratic Deals and Their Impact on Retirement Preferences Among Older Workers
Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCap), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9400-646X
Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCap), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5947-3636
Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCap), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0480-1895
Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCap), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9851-2770
Show others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Work, Aging and Retirement, ISSN 2054-4642, E-ISSN 2054-4650, Vol. 7, no 3, p. 240-255Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite working life prolongation having been at the center of the policy agenda in Europe for the last two decades, organizations’ engagement in formal age-management activities intended to strengthen older workers’ motivation and work ability appears limited. Given policies to extend working lives, negotiated individualized work arrangements—often called idiosyncratic deals (I-deals)—can be an informal and complementary approach to formalized age-management practices, improving the person–job fit and helping older workers extend their working lives. Nevertheless, research on I-deals and retirement preferences remains scarce in the Nordic context, where collective agreements regulate conditions of employment and the employer–employee relationship. Using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling, this study examines five areas of I-deals (i.e., Task and Work Responsibilities, Workload Reduction, Schedule Flexibility, Location Flexibility, and Financial Incentives) and their relationships with retirement preferences among Swedish public-sector employees aged 55 years or older (n = 4,499). Findings show that I-deals are generally less prevalent among women and older employees, as well as among those with poor health, in lower socioeconomic positions, and with shorter organizational tenure. Regarding retirement preferences, we found Task and Work Responsibilities to be related to later preferred retirement age, while, surprisingly, the opposite was observed for Workload Reduction, probably because individuals who received workload reductions also reported poorer health. Comparatively, factors such as matching employees’ competence, experience, and growth opportunities seem to be the most important for public-sector employees’ retirement preferences.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press, 2021. Vol. 7, no 3, p. 240-255
Keywords [en]
Life-span and Life-course Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Sociology and Political Science, Industrial relations
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-47715DOI: 10.1093/workar/waab003OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-47715DiVA, id: diva2:1617433
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2013–2300Swedish Research CouncilAFA Insurance, 190281Available from: 2021-12-06 Created: 2021-12-06 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(685 kB)353 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT02.pdfFile size 685 kBChecksum SHA-512
88f6f80c3fffb0633585b39a78d7e46de1ca65265bfad2e5c0983daa446c2e1926d98b3a8b443cc21105fe3da7136764dc8d9cf53ec0e9bcf04a9ebfbc06f9a7
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full text

Authority records

Hasselgren, CarolineSeldén, Daniel

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Jonsson, RobinHasselgren, CarolineDellve, LottaSeldén, DanielLarsson, DanielStattin, Mikael
In the same journal
Work, Aging and Retirement
Sociology

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 353 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 190 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf