@mastersthesis {12592, title = {The Influence of Work-Life Balance Directionality on Retirement Decisions}, volume = {M.S. }, year = {2022}, school = {California State University, San Bernardino}, address = {San Bernardino, CA}, abstract = {The retirement landscape is ever shifting and has become a dual-decision process more so now than ever before. Employees consider retirement through a family lens and particularly so when there is conflict between life and work domains. Researchers have suggested that work-life directionality does influence work-related decisions (Wiktorowicz, 2018). The impact of work-life directionality, however, on retirement choices has not been substantially examined. Further, socioeconomic status (SES) has been found to influence retirement decisions to some degree (Dushi et al., 2017). Therefore, in the present study, data from a total of 17,146 participants were used from the 2018 wave of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the influence of work-life directionality, as well as the moderating effects of income, on bridge employment and planned age to stop working permanently. The findings indicate that work-life and life-work conflict influence planned age to stop working permanently, as the presence of work-life conflict reduces the planned age and life-work conflict increases the planned age. Also, the interaction between work-life and life-work significantly influences planned age to stop working but not bridge employment. Implications of these finding for both theory and practice are discussed.}, keywords = {Bridge employment, Income, Retirement Decision, Work-life balance}, url = {https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/1550/}, author = {Craig, Joshua} } @article {9865, title = {The effects of work{\textendash}family experiences on health among older workers.}, journal = {Psychology and Aging}, volume = {33}, year = {2018}, pages = {993-1006}, abstract = {With the rapidly aging workforce worldwide, the need to retain healthy older workers is greater than ever. To promote health among older workers, a better understanding of the factors that contribute to their health is crucial. With this in mind, we investigated the impact of work-family conflict and work-family enrichment on older workers{\textquoteright} health. Five waves of longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study were used. A total of 4,509 workers aged 55 years and older at baseline were included. Multilevel modeling was conducted to analyze the data. Our findings showed that greater work-to-family conflict was related to higher comorbidity and greater disability over time, controlling for other known predictors of health (employment status, total household income, living arrangement, marital status, depressive symptoms, and baseline demographic characteristics). No other work-family variables significantly predicted the health outcomes. Comorbidity and disability were also found to predict work-to-family conflict. Using five waves of longitudinal data, our research showed that work that interferes with family negatively affects older workers{\textquoteright} physical and functional health and that health relates to work-to-family conflict. Given the growing number of older workers and changing work and family situations, continued monitoring of work-family experiences among older workers is warranted.}, keywords = {Disabilities, Employment and Labor Force, Family Roles/Relationships, Work-life balance}, issn = {0882-7974}, doi = {10.1037/pag0000293}, url = {http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/pag0000293http://psycnet.apa.org/psycarticles/2018-50330-001.pdf}, author = {Eunae Cho and Tuo-Yu Chen} } @article {9854, title = {Understanding work enjoyment among older workers: The significance of flexible work options and age discrimination in the workplace}, journal = {Journal of Gerontological Social Work}, year = {2018}, month = {Feb-09-2019}, pages = {1 - 20}, abstract = {Although the number of older workers in the U.S. is increasing, there is a gap in knowledge on whether or not they actually enjoy working. This study, based on a conceptual framework focusing on job resources and demands, explored likely workplace determinants of work enjoyment among older workers aged 50 or over. Using the 2012 wave of the Health and Retirement Study, a partial proportional odds model was used to detect determinants of work enjoyment. Results showed that higher levels of work enjoyment were significantly and negatively associated with the level of perceived retirement pressure and promotion preference for younger workers, and positively associated with moving to less demanding positions. Self-employment showed a noticeable enhancement of work enjoyment. This study highlights the significance of flexible work options and age discrimination in the workplace in understanding work enjoyment later in life. {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Taylor \& Francis Group, LLC. }, keywords = {Ageism, Retirement, Work, Work-life balance, Working conditions}, issn = {0163-4372}, doi = {10.1080/01634372.2018.1515140}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01634372.2018.1515140https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01634372.2018.1515140}, author = {Choi, Eunhee and Ospina, Javier and Steger, Michael F. and Orsi, Rebecca} } @article {9228, title = {Work, health and the commodification of life{\textquoteright}s time: reframing work{\textendash}life balance and the promise of a long life}, journal = {Ageing and Society}, volume = {37}, year = {2017}, month = {-}, pages = {1458-1483}, abstract = {How to respond to an ageing society has become an increasingly important question, for employers, workers and policy makers. Here we critically engage with that debate, arguing that future approaches to the relationship between work and age should take into account multiple influences on older worker behaviour, including the combination of economic, lifecourse and personal priorities. We consider the international consensus that has emerged about the primacy of work as the solution to what to do with a long life. We then address the uncertain nature of work as it affects older workers, and discuss the commodification of time in relation to a productivist approach to demographic ageing and the attitudes of older workers themselves. A tension is noted between pressures for continuity and discontinuity within the adult lifecourse which is often eclipsed within a policy discourse that tends to focus on continuity as a route to social legitimacy. Thinking about life-time as a meta-narrative, a tension between existential life priorities and commodification, may help to explain the ease with which {\textquoteleft}live longer{\textendash}work longer{\textquoteright} policies both dominate and obscure the potential of a long life. Finally, we examine the implications for work{\textendash}life balance and suggest this needs to be radically re-thought when addressing the purpose of a longer working life and the promise of a long life in general.}, keywords = {Employment and Labor Force, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction, Work-life balance}, issn = {0144-686X}, doi = {10.1017/S0144686X16000404}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0144686X16000404/type/journal_articlehttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0144686X16000404}, author = {Biggs, Simon and McGann, Michael and Dina Bowman and Helen Kimberley} }