@article{ThiemeBruschBueschetal.2015, author = {Thieme, Paula and Brusch, Michael and B{\"u}sch, Victoria and Stamov-Rossnagel, Christian}, title = {Work context influences on older workers' motivation for continuing education}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Erziehungswissenschaft}, volume = {18}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Erziehungswissenschaft}, number = {1}, pages = {71 -- 87}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Decreasing birth rates and increasing life expectancy have led to the ageing of the German population during the past decades. As the German retirement pay system is a pay-as-you-go system, legal retirement age is increased step by step to 67 years. Long before individuals actually retire, environmental factors but also personal factors influence the path of the retirement process. Work ability can be maintained through continuing education. Understanding and possibly even increasing older employees' motivation to participate in continuing education is vital to achieving the European Union's aim of individuals' "lifelong learning" to cope with challenges of technological and organisational change. This empirical study analyses the influence of work context factors on motivation to participate in continuing education. Data source is the "Survey on continuing in employment after reaching pensionable age", commissioned in 2008 by the Bundesinstitut f{\"u}r Bev{\"o}lkerungsforschung (Federal Institute for Population Research). Results show weak but significant influences of some work context factors. Recommendations for actions and further research directions are given.}, language = {en} } @article{ThiemeBruschBuesch2015, author = {Thieme, Paula and Brusch, Michael and B{\"u}sch, Victoria}, title = {The role of continuing training motivation for work ability and the desire to work past retirement age}, series = {European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults}, volume = {6}, journal = {European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults}, number = {1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-7687}, pages = {25 -- 38}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Germany, relying on a pay-as-you-go pension system has increased regular retirement age to 67 due to its ageing population caused by decreasing birth rates and increasing life expectancy. Using data from the nationally representative 'Survey on continuing in employment in pensionable age', we investigate the relevance of training motivation for work ability and the desire to work past retirement age and whether differences between social groups reflect inequalities in training participation. Results show significant positive correlations between continuing training motivation and work ability and desire to work past retirement age. Differentiated for selected respondent groups the level of qualification has a significant influence. This effect was stronger than any differences with regard to gender or employment participation. Results imply external conditions only partly explain older workers' work ability or desire to work past retirement age. Compared to inequalities in training participation, motivation for continuing training is high across analysed subgroups.}, language = {en} }