A Psychological Appraisal of Pre- Retirement Anxiety among Selected Workers in Lagos Metropolis.
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2014
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Arogundade, O.T
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The study examines the psychological reactions of workers to retirement. The specific objectives of this research were to ascertain workers’ level of pre-retirement anxiety by developing and standardizing a measuring instrument for pre-retirement anxiety as well as identifying some psychological and demographical variables responsible for pre-retirement anxiety. To achieve these objectives, seven hypotheses were formulated and tested.
The study was carried out in two phases and a descriptive survey design was adopted for both phases. The first phase focused on the development, standardisation and validation of an instrument to measure pre-retirement anxiety known as Pre-retirement Anxiety Scale (PAS) using six hundred (600) participants randomly selected from ten high schools in Lagos metropolis. The second phase focused on the assessment of the possible predisposing factors responsible for pre-retirement anxiety. The newly developed Pre-retirement Anxiety Scale (PAS) was administered together with Bio-data form; Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EII) and Self- Efficacy Scale (SES) to eight hundred (800) participants randomly selected from private and public organisations in Lagos metropolis. The data collected were analyzed using independent t-test analysis, One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis and linear regression.
It was revealed from the results that the Pre-retirement Anxiety Scale (PAS) developed for this study was found to be a reliable and valid instrument for measuring pre-retirement anxiety; workers having low emotional intelligence reported a significantly higher pre-retirement anxiety; workers possessing low self efficacy reported a significantly higher pre-retirement anxiety than their counterparts possessing high self-efficacy; workers’ levels of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy were significant predictors of pre-retirement anxiety; male workers reported significantly higher pre-retirement anxiety than the females and workers in private organisations reported significantly higher pre-retirement anxiety than those in public organisations. The implication of these findings substantiates the need for regular pre-retirement education to psychologically prepare workers for retirement.
The study concluded that pre-retirement anxiety is measurable and it is significantly influenced by the employees’ status of emotional intelligence and self- efficacy. Thus, every organisation should provide regular opportunities for workers to know their levels of pre-retirement anxiety as well as media to enhance the necessary psychological Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) to reduce pre-retirement anxiety.
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Lagos.
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Retirement , Pre-retirement anxiety , Emotional Intelligence , Self-Efficacy
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Arogundade, O.T (2014), A Psychological Appraisal of Pre- Retirement Anxiety among Selected Workers in Lagos Metropolis. . A Thesis Submitted to University of Lagos School of Postgraduate Studies Phd Thesis and Dissertation, 171pp.