Leaving early or staying on? Retirement preferences and motives among older health-care professionals

Abstract There is a need for improved knowledge about how workplace conditions and organisational factors may obstruct or facilitate work in late life. By means of both quantitative qualitative data, this study aims to explore retirement preferences among employees (aged 55 older) large Swedish health-care organisation identify work-related motives influencing their preferences. The analysis showed variation the organisation. results were summarised into two overarching types early preferences, general group-specific. shared by preference groups, included recognition, flexibility, health motivation. group-specific exclusively related either an preference. Criticism towards strenuous working specific preference, while positive accounts wish utilise one's own competencies as well being financially dependent on was stated wanting retire late. illustrate improve practices routines, conditions, order make extended life accessible more than already-privileged groups employees.