ERIC Number: EJ1384185
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
EISSN: EISSN-1521-0472
After Retirement What Next? A Survey of Post-Retirement Resolutions of Retiring University Teachers in Ghana
Educational Gerontology, v49 n4 p287-299 2023
This research examined the decisions of retiring university teachers to continue work after retirement in the same profession or leave for other employment or non-paid activities. The study used a questionnaire to collect data from 231 respondents purposively drawn from 20 Ghanaian public universities. Analyses of the data revealed that most respondents resolved to leave their current profession when they retired because they preferred to engage in either part-time self-employment or part-time non-paid social activities. The minority stayers were motivated to mentor inexperienced others, keep an active life, and maintain income earnings but mainly on a part-time basis. The research is impactful because workforce aging has become a global higher education issue, particularly for managers who reflect on how to fill vacancies with competent replacements.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Retirement, Decision Making, Career Change, Volunteers, Teacher Attitudes, State Universities, College Faculty, Part Time Employment, Mentors, Teacher Motivation, Income, Aging (Individuals), Higher Education, Faculty Recruitment, Validity, Reliability, Teacher Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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