Investigating the causes of early retirement in retirees of Yazd University of Medical Sciences

One of the challenges that organizations face today is the issue of retaining employees in the organization. Meanwhile, addressing the causes of early retirement among health workers is doubly important. The aim of this study was to investigate the causes of early retirement in retirees of Yazd University of Medical Sciences.

The present descriptive research was conducted to find the causes of early retirement among retirees of staff of Yazd Medical Sciences between 2016 and 2018. Collecting dada was done by examining the personnel file, retirement system and through interviewing people. Data description was done using descriptive statistics and SPSS.21 software.

The average number of years of service lost was 3.7 years. In total, there were more than 528 years of service lost. Regarding job characteristics, the majority of retirees were employed in service and nursing positions (4701%), in hospital (45%) and health centers (42.9%). The study of the causes of early retirement showed that the most common causes of retirement were related to boring work environment (55.7%), physical problems and underlying diseases (40.7%) and lack of support from officials (24.3%).

According to the findings, multilateral support in the organization, promotion of rewards and economic benefits, creating morale in the organization, observing the principles of mental health, reducing anxiety and creating hope and increasing participation of employees in the decision-making process can be effective in reducing early retirement.