Driving by falling birth rate, the accelerating aging of global demographics, and swift technological shifts in the workplace have collectively increased the need for aging employees to remain active and productive participants in the workforce even after retirement age. Against this backdrop, understanding the motivational drivers and structural barriers that influence aging employees to continue work after statutory retirement age has become priority for both researchers and practitioners. Grounded in the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study investigates the intention of aging employees to prolong their working career. The proposed framework integrates key job resources including development support, flexible working arrangements, pay satisfaction, and perceived relatedness, as well as job demands such as constant connectivity and mental demands, as determinants to work after retirement. Six hypotheses are formulated to empirically evaluate the relationships embedded within this framework. By adopting a quantitative cross-sectional research design, data will be collected through both online and physical survey questionnaires from the individuals that above 55 years old across Malaysia via judgmental sampling.
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