Continuing Instead of Retiring: A Qualitative Study and an Entrepreneurship Continuation Model

Strany: 28 - 44

Jazyk: eng

Considering the societal and economic importance of creating and maintaining businesses, it is vital to gain insights into factors inducing older entrepreneurs to continue running a business. What is especially needed is an empirically grounded psychological understanding of the antecedents of the decision to continue running a business even when one could retire. Our qualitative study aimed to explore older entrepreneurs’ motivations for deciding to continue operating a company after reaching retirement age. Through a thematic analysis of 50 in-depth semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs, we identified three main themes: motivation to continue, life stage resources, and life stage demands, and categorized each theme using specific codes. Based on the results, we propose an entrepreneurship continuation model explaining older entrepreneurs’ decisions to continue their activity.

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Laguna, M., Purc, E., Fraccaroli, F. 2026. Continuing Instead of Retiring: A Qualitative Study and an Entrepreneurship Continuation Model. In Studia Psychologica, vol. 68, no.1, pp. 28-44. 0039-3320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2026.01.933

APA:

Laguna, M., Purc, E., Fraccaroli, F. (2026). Continuing Instead of Retiring: A Qualitative Study and an Entrepreneurship Continuation Model. Studia Psychologica, 68(1), 28-44. 0039-3320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2026.01.933

Vydavateľ: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Center of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences

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