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Impact of work injury on early retirement among older Australian workers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2020

Irene Mok
Irene Mok*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
*
Corresponding author. Email: irene.mok@sydney.edu.au
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Abstract

A total of 274 Australian workers aged 45 years and above completed a Work, Retirement, and Health Survey. Results indicated that older workers with work injury have significantly lower expected retirement age compared to those without work injury. The results also indicated that this pattern is still apparent among intrinsically work motivated older workers with high score on self-reported work centrality. Older workers with work injury appear more vulnerable to premature retirement, which has significant negative social and economic consequences for workers, employers, and rehabilitation professionals. It also appears there is a complex relationship between ageing and work injury and the need for rehabilitation professionals to consider work injury prevention strategies for older workers.

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Older workersAustraliarehabilitationwork injuryretirementwork centralitywork motivation

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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 2020 , pp. 18 - 21
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press and The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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