Sustaining Employee Well-Being: The Role of Health-Related and Age-Related Organizational Support for Older Employees
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2025-06-30
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The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of various types of organizational support on the well-being of older employees in the Dutch education sector. In contrast to previous research, which primarily concentrated on younger and mid-career employees and organizations in general, this study contributes to the management literature by focusing on older employees and the Dutch education sector.
A cross-sectional study with 221 participants provided quantitative data that was used to test the proposed hypotheses. The results confirmed that health-related support positively influences both subjective physical and psychological well-being. This emphasizes the need for health-related support in an aging sector. Furthermore, the findings for age-related support were less convincing. Age-related support was found to have a positive effect on subjective physical well-being, but not on objective physical or psychological well-being. The need for more research into this concept of well-being is highlighted by this study. As more and more older employees will retire and the sector is faced with high work demands, this study concludes that specific organizational support is necessary to support older employees’ long-term employability. Even though this study has certain methodological issues, including non-random sampling, and suggests that future research should use different sampling methods and measurement techniques, the findings are still very valuable for organizational practice and literature.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen