Work motivation and IT effect on desire for continued employment among older worker in UTM

Abstract

The number of older workers who are 45 years old and above is growing rapidly; organization may get benefit from their older worker’s knowledge and experience if they remain longer in the workplace. Organization can play an important role in motivating older employee to work longer. The purpose of this study is to determine the most impact of work motivation factor among older worker desire for continued employment. Besides that, this study aim to measure the level of work motivation and desire for continued employment among older worker in UTM. Total of 150 sets of useful questionnaire were returned from academic staff with age among 45-60 years old The mean and standard deviation analysis result shows that the overall level of the five factors (challenging job content, organization support, reward, job security and promotion opportunity) among older academic staff are high. In addition, the older academic staff desire for continued employment at a moderate level. The Pearson correlation analysis is conducted to indicate the relationship between five work motivation factors and desire for continued employment, the finding show that there is a significant and positive relationship with them. Lastly, the multiple regression analysis is performed to test the most impact of dominant work motivation factors among older workers desire for continued employment, the finding shows that organization support, reward and promotion opportunity have been proven to be the most impact factors. Recommendations for future studies are also provided.