Does high involvement management make you work longer? Insights from linked survey and register data

Abstract

Management practices that employers implement can influence the utility that workers derive from their jobs significantly, potentially impacting their retirement decisions. Our study is among the first to investigate the effects of different combinations of high involvement management practices on workers’ retirement intentions. By analysing linked survey and register data, we find that information sharing and employer-provided training together, or both combined with teamwork lead to later expected retirement ages among those who are near the official retirement age in Finland.

Publication Information

Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Ilmakunnas, I. & Ilmakunnas, P. (2025), Does high involvement management make you work longer? Insights from linked survey and register data, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Volume 30, March 2025, 100549.

• ISSN: 2212-8298 (Online), 2212-828X (Linking)