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Dominant achievement goals of older workers and their relationship with motivation-related outcomes |
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| Authors: | Annet H. de Lange Nico W. Van Yperen P. Matthijs Bal |
| Affiliation: | a Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands b Strategic HRM, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Strategic HRM, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands c HRM, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands d Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to increase our insight into older employees' achievement motivation by examining the prevalence of dominant achievement goals among a “unique” group of 172 Dutch workers who remained active after their post-statutory retirement age. Moreover, we investigated how their dominant achievement goals were linked to motivation-related outcomes (i.e., work engagement and meaning of work). Our results showed that, relative to younger workers, a significantly higher amount of older workers endorsed dominant mastery-avoidance goals. In addition, as expected, older workers with dominant mastery-approach goals scored highest, while the workers with dominant mastery-avoidance goals scored lowest in work engagement, social and personal meaning of work. Theoretical as well as practical implications of these results are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Achievement Goals Older Workers Post-statutory Retirement Age Motivation-Related Outcomes |
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