Gilles Guérin

Extending Employment beyond Retirement Age: The Case of Health Care Managers in Quebec:

Baby boomers in public agencies are getting ready to retire and there are concerns about retaining the existing workforce apart from recruiting younger managers. Recent studies of workplace patterns of older workers have shown that the workforce of older workers should no longer be seen as a unidirectional journey to retirement. Older workers may value bridge employment or even prefer to extend their working lives. The motives for deciding to leave the workplace permanently can be related to unmet expectations, the desire for change, and the need to enjoy a new phase of life. Based on a survey conducted on 402 older managers working in health care institutions in Quebec, this study sheds light on the new alternatives to traditional early retirement that organizations will have to take into account while considering the preferences and intentions of employees who are approaching retirement.

Career Systems as a Configuration of Career Management Activities.

Previous studies have investigated the career management field by describing individual career management activities in isolation rather than the configuration of these activities. Aims to bridge this gap by proposing a taxonomy of career systems. Based on a sample of 254 organizations, empirically derives three types of career system using cluster analysis, and validates this taxonomy against external variables not used in cluster analysis. Identifies and discusses these three types of career system.