Compilation of the correlation model of stress factors of retired workers based on individual, occupational and organizational variables

Goudarzi MH; Mehdad A; Golparvar M

doi:10.18502/tkj.v15i3.13776

Goudarzi MH PhD Studen in psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Mehdad A Associate Professor, Department of psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Golparvar M Associate Professor, Department of psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/tkj.v15i3.13776

Keywords: Stressors, retirement, job satisfaction, work-life conflict, employment insecurity

Abstract

Introduction: the presence of personal, occupational, and organizational stressors in retired workers can cause many psychological problems in the field of personal, family, and social functioning. Therefore, current research was conducted to compile a model of correlates of stress factors of retired workers.

Materials and Methods:: The current research was based on a systematic review and extracting the correlates of retired workers, stress based on the highest frequency of more than 60 studies, and preparing a list based on the most frequent variables of studies, which was used by the path analysis method. The statistical population included all retirees aged 45 to 70 working as members of retirement centers in Isfahan City in the winter of 1400, of which 203 out of 379 workers were selected through a convenient sampling method. To collect data, a set of questionnaires included HSE, organizational stressors, job satisfaction, participative leadership, hope, resilience, perception of organizational support, perception of organizational justice, life satisfaction, work-family conflict, adaptive performance, communication skills, and perception of job security were used. SPSS version 21 was used to analyze the research data.

Results: results showed that the correlates of occupational stress included hope, resilience, perception of justice, perception of organizational support, life satisfaction, job satisfaction, work-family conflict, adaptive performance, organizational stressors, communication skills, participative leadership and perception of job security, which were among them, work-family conflict, organizational support and job security at the first level (P<0.01) and second level job satisfaction and life satisfaction based on the highest coefficients and learnability (P<0.01) were determined as the main predictors of occupational stress of working retirees.

Conclusion: It is suggested to the managers of health, national pension, military, and social security fields to pay serious attention to these variables to prevent the economic, social, family, and physical consequences of occupational stress.