A Study on the Antecedents of Older Workers’ Motivation to Continue Working Beyond Retirement: Based on Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis Method

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2026.03.016

Abstract

Abstract: Individual psychological factors and perceived organizational factors of older workers both influence their motivation to continue working beyond retirement, yet the patterns of their synergistic effects remain unclear. This study employed fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to explore the antecedent condition combinations and multiple enhancement patterns of older workers’ motivation to continue working beyond retirement, based on a survey of 789 older workers. The results showed that three configurations were identified that enhance older workers’ high motivation to continue working beyond retirement that is the strong individual and strong organization enhancement pattern, the strong organization and moderate individual enhancement pattern, and the strong individual and moderate organization enhancement pattern. This paper identifies multiple antecedent configuration pathways for older workers’ motivation to continue working beyond retirement, thereby providing new insights for effective intervention and promotion of such motivation.

Key words: older workers, motivation to continue working beyond retirement, configuration analysis

摘要： 年长员工的个体心理因素及其感知组织因素均对退休后继续工作动机产生影响，然而这些因素协同作用的模式尚不明确。本研究采用模糊集定性比较分析法探索年长员工退休后继续工作动机的前因条件组合与多元提升模式。对789名年长员工进行调查，结果显示：存在三种组态提升年长员工产生高退休后继续工作动机，分别是个体强-组织强提升模式、组织强-个体中提升模式、个体强-组织中提升模式。研究识别出年长员工退休后继续工作动机的多条前因组态路径，从而为有效干预和促进年长员工退休后继续工作动机提供新的思路。

关键词: 年长员工, 退休后继续工作动机, 组态分析

CLC Number:

B849

MENG Hongxing, WANG Xiaozhuang, MA Hongyu. A Study on the Antecedents of Older Workers’ Motivation to Continue Working Beyond Retirement: Based on Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis Method[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2026, 24(3): 410-417.

孟鸿兴, 王晓庄, 马红宇. 年长员工退休后继续工作动机的前因组态研究：基于模糊集定性比较分析方法[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2026, 24(3): 410-417.

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