Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2010
Publication Title
Human Resource Management Journal
Volume
21
Issue
2
First Page
156
Keywords
Ageing Healthcare Workers, retention, non-profit institutions
Last Page
170
Abstract
Resource constraints and retention issues associated with an ageing workforce have challenged non-profit institutions. Human resource management professionals in these organisations can stem the loss of organisational learning by developing strong social exchanges that encourage employees to pursue post-retirement volunteering. This paper developed a conceptual model that described how ageing workers may evaluate and connect the quality of the relationships they build at work through social exchanges to their fit with the organisation, workgroup and vocation. Alignment of fit may create an intention to volunteer upon retirement, although we argue that this will be strengthened if the organisation is perceived to value volunteering activities. This value is also shaped through social exchange and might include attitudes toward the extra-role activities of both employees and volunteers in the current organisation.
DOI
10.1111/j.1748-8583.2010.00131.x
Recommended Citation
Schlosser, Francine K. and Zinni, Deborah. (2010). Transitioning Ageing Healthcare Workers from Paid to Unpaid Work through Social Exchange. Human Resource Management Journal, 21 (2), 156-170.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/odettepub/122
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Transitioning Ageing Healthcare Workers from Paid to Unpaid Work through Social Exchange, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2010.00131.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.