Publications from the project

Article

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Sverke, M., & Bernhard-Oettel, C. (submitted). Older workers’ profiles on job demands, job resources, and personal resources and their associations with retirement preferences and intentions.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Knudsen, K., Persson, L., Lindfors, P., & Sverke, M. (submitted). Meaning of working for older nurses and nursing assistants in Sweden: A qualitative study.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Knudsen, K., Sverke, M., & Lindfors, P. (submitted). To work after retirement: A qualitative study among mental health nursing assistants.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Stengård, J., Leineweber, C., & Bernhard-Oettel, C. (in press). Are trajectories of preferred retirement ages associated with health, work ability and effort-reward imbalance at work? Findings from a six-year Swedish longitudinal study. Accepted for publication in Work, Aging and Retirement. doi: 10.1093/workar/waad006

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Lindfors, P., & Knudsen, K. (2022). Sustainable working life in intensive care: A qualitative study of older nurses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 6130. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106130

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Persson, L., Sverke, M., & Lindfors, P. (2022). Approaching retirement in the elderly care: A qualitative study of nursing assistants’ experiences of work and late-career planning. Journal of Aging Studies, 60, March 2022, 100994. doi: 10.1016 /j.jaging.2021.100994

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Bernhard-Oettel, C., Sverke, M., & Westerlund, H. (2021). Health- and age-related workplace factors as predictors of preferred, expected, and actual retirement timing: Findings from a Swedish cohort study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 2746. doi: 10.3390/ ijerph18052746.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Sverke, M., & Coimbra, J. C. (2020). Engagement in meaningful activities during unemployment and subjective well-being. Revista E-PSI, 9(3), 4–34.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Sverke, M., Coimbra, J. C., & De Witte, H. (2018). Intentions to participate in training among older unemployed people: A serial mediator model. Journal of Career Development, 45, 268–284. doi: 10.1177/0894845316687669

Conference papers

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Sverke, M., & Bernhard-Oettel, C. (2022). Older workers’ profiles on job demands, job resources, and personal resources and their associations with late-career preferences. In K. Teoh, F. Frost, J. Singh, M. Charalampous, & L. M. Muñoz (Eds.), Book of Proceedings 15th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology: Supporting Knowledge Comparison to Promote Good Practice in Occupational Health Psychology (p. 362). Nottingham: European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Persson, L., Sverke, M., & Lindfors, P. (2019). Approaching retirement in the elderly care sector: A qualitative study of older workers’ perceptions of work and late career planning. In Abstract Book of the 19th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress: Working for the greater good – Inspiring people, designing jobs and leading organizations for a more inclusive society (p. 1531).

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Knudsen, K., Lindfors, P., & Sverke, M. (2019). I work, therefore I am: The meaning of work and retirement for bridge employees in the Swedish healthcare sector. In Abstract Book of the 19th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress: Working for the greater good - Inspiring people, designing jobs and leading organizations for a more inclusive society (pp. 593-594). 

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Stengård, J., Leineweber, C., & Bernhard-Oettel, C. (2019). Are trajectories of preferred- and expected retirement ages associated with health and effort-reward imbalance at work? Findings from a six-year Swedish longitudinal study. In Abstract Book of the 19th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress: Working for the greater good - Inspiring people, designing jobs and leading organizations for a more inclusive society (p. 1450).

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Sverke, M., & Coimbra, J. L. (2018). Too old for work? Mediated associations between perceived age discrimination and job search among older unemployed people. In  K. Teoh, N. Saade, V. Dediu, J. Hassard & L. Torres (Eds.), Book of Proceedings 13th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology: Adapting to rapid changes in today's workplace (p. 75). Nottingham: European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Knudsen, K., Lindfors, P., & Sverke, M. (2018). Experiences of working after retirement: A qualitative study in the Swedish health care sector. In K. Teoh, N. Saade, V. Dediu, J. Hassard & L. Torres (Eds.), Book of Proceedings 13th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology: Adapting to rapid changes in today's workplace (pp. 267-268). Nottingham: European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Sverke, M., & Coimbra, J. L. (2017). Engagement in meaningful activities during unemployment and subjective well-being: A mediational model. In Abstract Book of the 18th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress: Enabling Change through Work and Organizational Psychology (p. 709).

Sousa-Ribeiro, M., Bernhard-Oettel, C., Sverke, M., & Westerlund, H. (2017). What predicts older workers’ retirement preferences and actual retirement age? Findings from a Swedish cohort study. In Abstract Book of the 18th European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress: Enabling Change through Work and Organizational Psychology (p. 1360). 

Master theses

Eriksson, R.A.G. (2022). Möjligheter och utmaningar med ett förlängt arbetsliv inom vård och omsorgssektorn: En kvalitativ studie utifrån personalchefers perspektiv. Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen.

Gustafsson, N. (2022). An exploration into how perceived availability of Human Resources Management practices is associated with older employees’ preferred age to exit from the workforce. Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen.

Knudsen, K. (2017). Working after retirement: A qualitative study of extended working life in the Swedish health care sector. Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen.

Persson, L. (2018). Approaching Retirement: A qualitative study of older workers’ perceptions of work, aging and future retirement in the Swedish elderly care sector. Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen.