The effect of preretirement planning on job satisfaction and attitude toward retirement
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1978
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This research was designed to analyze the effect of preretirement planning on the job satisfaction and attitudes toward retirement of workers. All workers were age 55 or ever. The subjects were employed with companies in the Texas cities of Dallas, San Antonio, Sherman, and Waco. The sample consisted of 135 individuals subject to mandatory retirement policies. One hundred sixteen of the seminar participants attended the entire preretirement planning program and completed the necessary indices and data forms. All statistical results were based upon 116 subjects. To provide criteria measurements for the study the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) was used to measure job satisfaction and the Retirement Descriptive Index (RDI) was used to measure attitudes toward retirement. Pre-test and post-test scores of the JDI and RDI were compared by means of an analysis of variance statistic. An intercorrelation analysis was made between, the demographic data and the post-test gain on the JDI and the RDI. Statistical treatment yielded levels of significance high enough to reject all but one of the null hypotheses set forth in the study. Strong trends toward significance were observed in several non-significant categories. It was concluded that both job satisfaction and attitudes toward retirement can be improved as a result of formal preretirement planning programs. Implications for adult educators include the opportunity to approach employers with empirical evidence showing how preretirement planning programs can help make significant contributions to employees and employer.
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Job satisfaction, Retirement, Adult and Extension Education