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Psychosocial Predictors of Retirement Preparedness among University Academic Staff in Rivers State, Nigeria

B. A. Uzorka, G O Ekenedo, A O Onyeaso

Abstract


This study investigated the psychosocial predictors of retirement preparedness among university academic staff in Rivers State. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The cross-sectional survey was carried out among 1021 out of 3402 academic staff of government owned universities in Rivers State. A self-structured and validated questionnaire titled “Predictors of Retirement Preparedness among University Academic Staff Questionnaire (PRPUASQ)” was used to collect data from the respondents. Data generated was analyzed using simple linear regression and multiple regression associated with analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level. The result amongst others revealed that self-efficacy, notion of vulnerability and goal clarity individually and jointly predicted retirement preparedness among universities’ academic staff in Rivers State. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that psychosocial variables of self-efficacy, notion of vulnerability, and goal clarity has a high predictive influence on retirement preparedness among university academic staff because of the significant influences it has on their social status. It was therefore recommended among others that universities should be mandated to have at least one Industrial/Organizational psychologist as consultant who should attend to lecturers regularly, assess their pre-retirement anxiety as well as provide counselling services when needed.

Keywords


Retirement preparedness; Goal clarity; Notion of vulnerability; Self-efficacy; Lecturers

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