Factors affecting knowledge transfer from pre-retirees to younger employees

Knowledge transfer is an important type of knowledge service. Based on existing studies on knowledge transfer between employees, this paper builds a research model of factors affecting the pre-retiree´s intention to transfer knowledge to the younger employee. Data collected from 4 leaders and 7 pre-retirees in different industries through face-to-face interview is used to test and improve the model, then we gain a theoretical model which posits that the pre-retiree´s knowledge transfer intention is influenced by the pre-retiree´s perceptions of younger employees and emotions to organization, the younger employee´s attitudes towards pre-retirees, the younger employee´s learning intention and ability and work attitudes, communication difference between the pre-retiree and the younger employee. Our results contribute to the improvement of research on pre-retirees´ knowledge transfer and have implications for management practices.