Interviews of employees aged 50+, human resources staff and line managers from four organisations concerning the effects of extending working lives on individuals and the organisation

The interviews explore how they are dealing with changes in public policy, including withdrawal of mandatory retirement age, age discrimination legislation, rising state pension age and extension of the right to request a consideration of flexible working.
Transcriptions of individual interviews most of approximately 1 hour in length covering the main research questions of the project.
Interviewees include a small number of line managers and human resources staff. The majority are employees. Demographic information is shown at the beginning of the interviews.<p>Transitions from work to retirement have undergone radical transformation over the past few decades.The project aims to contribute to knowledge about the processes and factors which exert influence on working in later life.The research objectives: (1) mapping existing and emerging late-career transitions using existing longitudinal data sets (ELSA, NCDS and HRS); (2) identifying risk and protective factors affecting individuals during the transition from work to retirement; (3) conducting case studies to understand the way in which processes associated with extended working life are negotiated within the workplace; (4) synthesising findings from quantitative and qualitative data to produce new theoretical models about the changing character of late-career transitions.

The research questions were: (1) What evidence can be found for new ‘late career transitions’ developing in England? How do these compare with those found in the USA? (2) How do life course factors influence these late career transitions? (3) How is the idea of ‘extended working life’ being constructed within the workplace?
(4)What is the impact of late-career transitions on work place practices, re-training, human resources and occupational health policies?

A multi-disciplinary consortium of researchers from seven Universities, the Institute of Occupational Medicine and the International Longevity Centre UK will undertake the research.</p>

本访谈旨在探讨受访者如何应对公共政策变动，包括强制性退休年龄的取消、反年龄歧视立法、国家养老金领取年龄上调，以及申请弹性工作安排考量权的拓展。
单份访谈转录文本时长多在1小时左右，内容覆盖本项目的核心研究问题。
访谈对象包含少量直线经理与人力资源从业人员，其余大部分为企业雇员。访谈开篇会披露受访者的人口统计学信息。

近数十年来，职场到退休的过渡模式已发生根本性变革。本项目旨在深化学界对影响老年职场生涯的各类过程与因素的认知。本研究的目标包括：
(1) 利用现有纵向数据集（ELSA、NCDS及HRS）梳理当前已存在与新兴的晚职业生涯过渡模式；
(2) 识别职场到退休过渡阶段中影响个体的风险与保护因素；
(3) 开展个案研究，剖析职场中与延长职场生涯相关的各类流程是如何被协商推进的；
(4) 整合定量与定性研究的结果，构建关于晚职业生涯过渡模式变迁的全新理论模型。

本研究的核心问题包括：
(1) 英国境内是否存在新兴的「晚职业生涯过渡」模式？此类模式与美国的同类模式存在何种差异？
(2) 人生历程因素会如何影响这类晚职业生涯过渡？
(3) 职场中如何构建「延长职场生涯」这一理念？
(4) 晚职业生涯过渡会对职场实践、再培训、人力资源及职业健康政策产生何种影响？

本研究将由来自7所高校、职业医学研究所（Institute of Occupational Medicine）以及英国国际长寿中心（International Longevity Centre UK）的跨学科研究团队联合开展。