Are there gender differences in predicting retirement decisions?

Article Abstract:

Although there has been speculation about gender differences in retirement decisions, research directly on the issue has been sparse, and results have been inconsistent. This study, which examined hypotheses based on traditional gender roles, is one of the few to examine the interactions between retirement predictors and gender. In a random sample of older employees and retirees from a large midwestern manufacturing organization, retirement decisions differed between men and women primarily when dependents lived in the household, when the health of one's spouse was a consideration, and when one's spouse was retired. These differences appeared to be partially dependent on the operational definition of retirement. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Demographic aspects, Retirement planning, Sex differences

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The meaning of occupational stress items to survey respondents

Article Abstract:

This study tested the effect of using the word 'stress' in the measurement of self-reported occupational stressors and strains. Employees from two organizations responded to a questionnaire that included specific occupational stressors, strains, and 16 items in which the word 'stress' was used. Survey respondents tended to interpret the word 'stress' to refer to both employees' strains or reactions to the work environment and to job stressors or elements of the environment itself. Implications of these findings for occupational stress research are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis

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Interactions between job stressors and social support: some counterintuitive results

Article Abstract:

A non-experimental field study involving 102 hospital nurses relates job stressors and social support levels to employee job strain levels. Inexplicably, the study indicated that strong social support systems (both in the workplace and outside it) are correlated to a strong relationship between stressors and employee strain. The study's results contradict most theories of job stress.

Stress (Psychology)

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