{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1940868271","display_name":"Characteristics and Predictors of Productive Ageing Involvement Among Older Chinese in Hong Kong","description":"\u201cProductive ageing\u201d was introduced as a concept and practice in several developed societies to counter the dominant perception that older people are dependents of society rather than economically productive members. It has been adopted as a policy initiative to advocate for elderly-friendly employment policies and practices. Productive ageing differs from other related concepts (e.g. \u201csuccessful ageing\u201d), as it focuses on older individuals\u2019 production of goods and services \u2013 paid and unpaid work. Most often, these contributions occur through volunteering, caregiving, working, and life-long learning roles. Older people who engage in productive ageing roles interact with society and generate products and services that create economic value, thereby serving as more than mere dependents of their communities. \n\nWhile there is strong evidence to support the benefits of productive ageing engagement for older adults, we know little about how or why older people allocate their time between different activities (family, social, productive), and most research on productive ageing is static. However, productive engagement is a dynamic process, waxing and waning in response to the nature of family and social role obligations and circumstances. Most studies focus on just one or two active commitments (e.g., volunteering or working), ignoring the reality that individuals engage in multiple roles and activities in their lives. Older adults\u2019 decision-making and selection processes in terms of their level of commitment to competing roles (e.g., productive roles, family roles, and other social roles) remain unclear. Based on psychological and economic theories, a person\u2019s expected longevity is an important factor influencing time commitment in various roles; however, no previous studies have attempted to investigate whether expected longevity mediates productive role engagement. Before we can maximize the untapped human capital within this age group, we need to understand how older people invest their time in various dynamically changing roles.\n\nThe proposed study aims to investigate (1) variations of productive ageing in older persons of different age, gender, socioeconomic status and health conditions; (2) the effect of expected longevity on engagement in productive roles in relation to other roles and activities; and (3) the goodness of fit of a theoretically driven explanatory model with the effects of age and health mediated by expected longevity and other role engagement in predicting productive role engagement among elderly in Hong Kong.","funder_award_id":"17406514","funder":{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321592","display_name":"Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee","doi":"10.13039/501100002920"},"funded_outputs":["https://openalex.org/W3128872879"],"funded_outputs_count":1,"parent_awards":[],"sub_awards":[],"sub_awards_count":0,"amount":491726.0,"currency":"HKD","amount_usd":63408.1,"amount_usd_basis":"annual_average","recipients":[],"recipient_countries":[],"recipient_regions":[],"research_scope":{"is_research":true,"basis":"funder_default","tier":1},"funding_type":"research","funder_scheme":"General Research Fund","start_date":null,"end_date":"2016-12-31","start_year":2014,"end_year":2016,"landing_page_url":"https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/cergprod/scrrm00542.jsp?proj_id=17406514&old_proj_id=null&proj_title=&isname=&ioname=&institution=&subject=&pages=1&year=&theSubmit=17406514","doi":null,"provenance":"rgc_hk_project_enquiry","lead_investigator":{"given_name":"Terry Yat Sang","family_name":"Lum","orcid":null,"role_start":null,"affiliation":{"name":"The University of Hong Kong","country":null,"ids":null}},"co_lead_investigator":{"given_name":"Sheung-Tak","family_name":"Cheng","orcid":null,"role_start":null,"affiliation":{"name":null,"country":null,"ids":null}},"investigators":[{"given_name":"Nancy","family_name":"Morrow-Howell","orcid":null,"role_start":null,"affiliation":{"name":null,"country":null,"ids":null}},{"given_name":"Ada C","family_name":"Mui","orcid":null,"role_start":null,"affiliation":{"name":null,"country":null,"ids":null}},{"given_name":"Gloria Hoi Yan","family_name":"Wong","orcid":null,"role_start":null,"affiliation":{"name":null,"country":null,"ids":null}}],"works_api_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=awards.id:G1940868271","primary_topic":null,"topics":null,"institution_awarded":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T03:01:01.000Z","created_date":"2026-07-13T04:54:40.000Z"}