TY - JOUR
T1 - After retirement what next? A survey of post-retirement resolutions of retiring university teachers in Ghana
AU - Salifu, Inusah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/03601277.2022.2109356
DO - 10.1080/03601277.2022.2109356
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135947420
SN - 0360-1277
VL - 49
SP - 287
EP - 299
JO - Educational Gerontology
JF - Educational Gerontology
IS - 4
ER -