Journal of Business Research 133 (2021) 432–449

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Psychological determinants of retirement financial planning behavior

Sweta Tomar a, H. Kent Baker b, Satish Kumar a, d, *, Arvid O.I. Hoffmann c
a
Department of Management Studies, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, Rajasthan, India
b
University Professor of Finance, American University, Kogod School of Business, Department of Finance and Real Estate, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20016, USA
c
University of Adelaide Business School, 10 Pulteney Street, SA 5005 Adelaide, Australia
d
School of Business, Swinburne University of Technology, Jalan Simpang Tiga, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T

Keywords: Various studies raise concerns over the pervasive poverty among women after retirement. Although much
Bottom-of-the-pyramid research is available on retirement planning, the advent of behavioral finance and the integration of psycho­
Consumer financial decision-making logical concepts with financial planning and saving behavior have made the phenomenon more critical. This
Financial literacy
study focuses on how the interaction between financial literacy as a cognitive characteristic and retirement goal
Retirement planning
Psychological characteristics
clarity, future time perspective, attitude toward retirement, risk tolerance, and social group support as psy­
Women chological characteristics influence women’s retirement planning behavior. We use partial least squares
regression through PLS-3 with Multi Group Analysis to test a set of theory-based hypotheses. Our results reveal a
positive association of future time perspective, retirement goal clarity, and social group support with retirement
planning behavior, which are moderated by financial literacy. Future time perspective and retirement goal
clarity also play mediating roles. Our study has implications for financial planning professionals, advisors, and
consumers.

1. Introduction gap worsens this situation (Williams, Elizabeth, & Spencer-Rodgers,

2010). Moreover, women often have to engage in part-time jobs or
Various studies express concern about the prevalence of financial have interrupted work histories given their caregiving roles, reducing
insolvency among people during retirement. The sustainability of public their earnings.
and private pension provisions is at risk because of financial deficits Despite being more financially vulnerable, evidence shows that
(Farrar, Moizer, Lean, & Hyde, 2019). Research shows that by 2050, women are less active in retirement financial planning (Burn, Button,
25% (17%) of the population in OECD countries (global population) will Figinski, & McLaughlin, 2020). Combined with an aging population,
be above 65 years old (He, Goodkind, & Kowal, 2016; Marchal et al., increasing pressure on pension provisions, and a lack of savings, this
2012). However, research also shows that only 24.8% of individuals situation poses a significant challenge to women’s financial security
worldwide save for old age (Demirgüç-Kunt, Klapper, & Panos, 2016). unless policy measures are taken to improve their planning and financial
This lack of savings, coupled with population aging, creates significant well-being in retirement. This situation calls for exploring the existing
liabilities on pension systems, resulting in the risk of many retirees retirement landscape to better understand females’ retirement planning
having low financial resources to support them during retirement behavior and draw implications for designing effective strategies and
(Farrar et al., 2019). reforms in the pension system.
Despite this issue’s importance, many individuals approaching These issues are magnified in an emerging market economy like
retirement, particularly women, are unprepared (Brüggen, Hogreve, India, in which many consumers are at the “bottom of the pyramid.”
Holmlund, Kabadayi, & Löfgren, 2017; de Bassa Scheresberg, Lusardi, & Impoverished consumers or those at the bottom of the pyramid have
Yakoboski, 2014; Keele & Alpert, 2013; UN Women, 2015). Generally, consumption patterns and experiences different from those at the top of
females’ transition toward retirement is heterogeneous and diverges the pyramid. The material landscape defined by abundance, for coun­
significantly compared to men (Kojola & Moen, 2016). Women outlive tries at the top of the pyramid is incongruous with those at the bottom of
men and face various hardships throughout their lives. The gender wage the pyramid and therefore market place practices also differ (Martin and

* Corresponding author.
E-mail addresses: kbaker@american.edu (H. Kent Baker), skumar.dms@mnit.ac.in (S. Kumar), arvid.hoffmann@adelaide.edu.au (A.O.I. Hoffmann).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.05.007
Received 2 November 2020; Received in revised form 4 May 2021; Accepted 6 May 2021
Available online 28 May 2021
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Paul Hill, 2012). This situation holds in the Indian context. The Indian mediate their influence. In contrast, demographic characteristics have a
population is increasing at an unprecedented rate, with those at least 60 distal influence on financial planning and saving behavior. Integrating
years old expected to increase from 88 million in 2009 to 315 million by psychological concepts with financial planning and saving behavior has
2050 (Bharati & Singh, 2013). Some expect the global population of the become more critical with the advent of behavioral finance and the
oldest individuals (i.e., 80 years or above) to be mainly in five countries discovery that consumers deviate from rational financial decision-
– China, the United States., India, Japan, and Germany. In 2015, these making (Asebedo et al., 2019; Brüggen et al., 2017). Recent financial
countries accounted for nearly 50% of the global population of 80 years literature acknowledges the crucial role of emotions, feelings, and
and older (Lyons, Grable, & Joo, 2018). Furthermore, the Indian econ­ behavioral traits that drive an individual’s decisions away from ratio­
omy is undergoing a rapid transition leading to greater participation nality and maximizing economic benefits. However, researchers have
from women at all the levels of management. neglected a social network’s role, which is one of the most significant
As suggested by Datta and Argawal (2017), India’s GDP can increase ties maintained by individuals, in the context of investment decision-
by 27%, if men and women are employed equivalently. Yet, according to making (Ostrovsky-Berman & Litwin, 2019). Women experience more
the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, India has slipped to the 112th rank influence than men because social and cultural norms strongly affect
from the previous 108th rank in 2018. It is ranked at the 149th position them (Griffin, Loe, & Hesketh, 2012). They may also experience events
in female economic participation and opportunity, and 117th position in such as gender discrimination causing them to rely on their social sup­
gender wage equality for similar work. These figures suggest that it is a port networks more heavily than men (Watson et al., 2018). Because
long haul before this shift takes place. One area of paramount impor­ women are more expressive in their friendships than men (Fox, Gibbs, &
tance is the financial management and particularly women’s retirement Auerbach, 1985), they may have more in-depth communication with
financial management, where little research exists. In subsistence mar­ their social networks. Consequently, women presumably follow their
ketplaces like India, financial management acquires greater importance. close associates in their planning behavior.
Already females are facing hardships on financial fronts. Hence, they This study focuses on how financial literacy as a cognitive charac­
should put aside some portions of their earnings in the form of savings to teristic and retirement goal clarity, future time perspective, attitude
avert any catastrophic effect due to lack of financial support (Martin & toward retirement, risk tolerance, and social group support as psycho­
Hill, 2015). logical characteristics influence the retirement planning of professional
Historically, India’s traditional joint family structure has functioned women in India. It also focuses on professional women because they
as a safety net ensuring the social and economic well-being of older should have sufficient financial resources and means to engage in
women. However, swift urbanization, a changing social and economic financial planning. Doing so is both academically important and prac­
framework, and the nuclear families’ evolution have left the elderly tically relevant. From an academic perspective, previous research has
population vulnerable to economic insecurities (Agarwal, Lubet, Mit­ assessed the financial literacy in terms of perceived financial knowledge
gang, Mohanty, & Bloom, 2020; Chauhan & Indapurkar, 2017). Also, rather than actual financial knowledge. This may have led to perceptual
India does not have a universal social security system. Pension and bias wherein respondents might have overestimated or underestimated
employees’ provident funds provide little retirement financial security. their financial knowledge. Our study bases its assessment of financial
Furthermore, no pension scheme covers most of the elderly population knowledge on a set of multiple choice questions whose validity and
(Agarwal et al., 2020; Gupta & Hershey, 2016). Because the rest of the reliability has been established through Item Response Theory (Baker,
elderly population relies on informal mechanisms, personal savings play Tomar, Kumar, & Verma, 2020). The study also holds practical impli­
a crucial role in India. To promote personal savings, the Indian gov­ cations. In particular, by developing an understanding of the interaction
ernment developed progressive strategies like establishing the national of the psychological traits with financial literacy, regulators and policy
campaign for financial inclusion and providing every household with a makers can wisely channel the limited educational resources to address
saving account (Lyons et al., 2018). the issue of insufficient retirement planning. Recent studies on financial
Because financial inclusion alone cannot promote savings, we need vulnerability of impoverished consumers suggest that often the educa­
to look beyond it to understand the factors stimulating and inhibiting tional programs designed to assist them in their navigation through the
retirement saving behavior. The majority of retirement and financial marketplace fail due to a lack of knowledge on how impoverished
planning studies on women focus on North America and other western consumer’s retirement savings and perception is manifested differently
countries. India differs culturally from these countries (Kumar, Tomar, from those in the western or developed economies (Martin & Hill, 2015).
& Verma, 2019; Traylor, Ng, Corrington, Skorinko, & Hebl, 2020), and Importantly, recent work finds that women are more likely to be in a
communal practices related to retirement planning vary. Consequently, state of high financial vulnerability compared to men (Hoffmann,
a need exists to determine whether the factors identified as those con­ McNair, & Pallant, 2021).
cerning women’s retirement planning and savings in developed econo­ From a practical perspective, our research addresses an urgent need
mies are also relevant in emerging economies. for financial market regulators and consumer policy makers around the
Research on retirement planning behavior has gained momentum world to get a better understanding of retirement planning behavior.
over the past few years. The literature indicates a direct association The results reveal that financial behaviors such as retirement planning
between retirement savings and age (Adams & Rau, 2011; Clark, Knox- and savings, stem out of deeply embedded personal traits like retirement
Hayes, & Strauss, 2009; Hershey, Henkens, & Van Dalen, 2010; Phua & goal clarity and future time perspective, which are further influenced by
McNally, 2008), income (Kilty & Behling, 1986; Kock & Yoong, 2011; social forces such as group support and cognitive abilities such as
Moorthy et al., 2012), education (Lee, 2003; Lusardi & Mitchell, 2017), financial literacy. Therefore, the programs should be designed to look
family structure (Chatterjee & Zahirovic-Herbert, 2010; Szinovacz, beyond financial knowledge to fully exploit and to effectively transmute
DeViney, & Davey, 2001; Wang & Hanna, 1997), and marital status knowledge into responsible behavior. Additionally, opportunities
(Damman, Henkens, & Kalmijn, 2015; Grable, 2000). A few studies also should be created to augment the social influence and develop the
identify gender as a strong predictor of retirement financial planning retirement goal clarity and future time perspective. Doing so is impor­
(Fisher, 2010; Glass & Kilpatrick, 1998) and confirm that women save tant given the vital role played by financial security during the transi­
less than men. Such studies help to explain who is saving for retirement. tion, adjustment and success during retirement (Noone, Stephens, &
However, an unanswered question is, “why are so few individuals Alpass, 2009) and the ever increasing responsibility placed on in­
saving for retirement?” The answer lies in the psychological mechanism dividuals for managing their finances and procuring sufficient retire­
underlying planning and saving behavior. According to Hershey (2004), ment wealth.
demographic factors influence retirement planning behavior, but psy­ The rest of the paper is organized as follows. We first provide a
chological constructs, which render a direct/proximal influence, theoretical background and develop the hypotheses. We then explain the

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research methodology and present the data analysis and results. Finally, influenced by a few psychological characteristics.
we provide a discussion of our main findings and conclusions. Hershey, Jacobs-Lawson, and Austin (2013) developed a conceptual
model for understanding the determinants of effective retirement
2. Theoretical background and hypotheses development planning behavior. Through this model, the authors contend that three
dimensions, namely, capacity, willingness, and opportunity, determine
Retirement planning refers to preparation for the time when a person the efficiency of planning and savings for retirement. Capacity refers to
would leave the work force and work- related income would cease to the cognitive factors, aptitude, comprehension, knowledge which dis­
exist. It may be seen as an approach to establish a balance between tinguishes two individuals from each other. The second dimension -
current expenditure and reserves to ensure a financially confident willingness - is defined through the psychological and emotional char­
retirement. Previous studies provide evidence for the relation between acteristics that provide the impetus to start retirement planning and
retirement planning activities and saving practices (Stawski, Hershey, & continue with it over time. It includes factors like attitude, clarity of
Jacobs-Lawson, 2007; Chou et al., 2015; Anderson, Baker, & Robinson, financial and retirement goals, personality traits, ethics, virtues, and
2017). Savings adequacy refers to the degree to which a person feels that rectitude, which defines an individual’s self-image. The third dimension,
he or she is saving enough to enjoy a comfortable and financially secure opportunity includes those factors that are external to an individual like
retirement. Lusardi (2000) conducted a study on American households availability of employee pension plans, diverse investing options, long-
and found that planning behavior had a significant influence on savings term economic and financial market trends, fiscal policies, and tax
and wealth holdings. Households in which family heads engaged in regulations.
some form of retirement planning ended up accumulating large wealth This model operates as the blueprint for the development of the
holdings and savings as compared to those households in which family framework for current study as presented in Fig. 1. It is a compendious
heads did not engage in such planning. model taking into consideration different facets to explain financial
Mulvey and Shetty (2004) attempted to explain the problem of planning for retirement. Also, this model is procedural as it takes into
financial planning via a “multi-stage stochastic programming” model. account the temporal dimension as well. The first dimension of the
They argued that investors did not always take rational financial de­ model_, capacity, is reflected through financial literacy. The willingness
cisions; particularly in case of uncertainties, investors diverged from in the model is based on the motivational factors, attitude, and perceived
rational behavior and succumbed to choices that could possibly provide social norm as depicted by the four psychological characteristics
some financial gains. This irrationality in decision-making led to the (retirement goal clarity, future time perspective, attitude toward
integration of the study of the role of emotions and psychological retirement, and risk tolerance) and the social group support.
characteristics in financial decision making and advent of behavioral The framework also draws substantially from Beach’s image theory
finance. On the basis of behavioral theories, Mitchell and Utkus (2004) (Beach, 1998; Beach & Mitchell, 1987) and Mowen’s 3 M Theory of
argued that efficient retirement planning was heavily reliant on de­ Motivation and Personality (Mowen, 2000). Both theories present an
cisions regarding savings and investments. These decisions were in turn outline for a sequential relationship among the personality traits (e.g.,

Fig. 1. The Conceptual Model of the Study.

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future time perspective), cognitive constructs (e.g., knowledge and goal H2: Future time perspective has a positive association with retire­
clarity), and behavioral aspects (e.g., planning activity and saving ment planning behavior.
behavior). Beach’s image theory postulates that decision-makers act
following their principles, ethics, and personality dimensions (self- 2.1.3. Attitude toward retirement
image). They frame their goals, plans, and tactics (trajectory image) to Attitude is the perception, outlook, or perspective toward a person,
be compatible with these principles. These goals further motivate or idea, thing, or situation. Ajzen (1991) suggests that someone with a
guide the incremental behavioral steps needed to achieve these goals favorable opinion of a specific behavior has a higher propensity to
(Beach & Mitchell, 1987). follow such behavior. In keeping with this concept, several studies
Similarly, Mowen’s 3 M Theory of Motivation and Personality also identify a positive association between one’s perception toward retire­
suggests that elemental traits are an individual’s essential underlying ment and retirement planning (Gordon, 1994; Noone, Alpass, & Ste­
characteristics arising from that person’s genetic and early learning phens, 2010; Reitzes & Mutran, 2004; Topa, Moriano, Depolo, Alcover,
(Mowen, 2000). These elemental traits define the compound trait or the & Morales, 2009; Turner, Bailey, & Scott, 1994; Zeka, Rootman, &
central trait (future time perspective). The central traits serve as a causal Krüger, 2020). However, a few studies contradict these findings and
precursor to the surface traits (retirement goal clarity), preceding the highlight that people often do not behave according to their attitudes,
behavioral aspect (planning and saving). especially in terms of future-oriented behaviors like savings. Despite
having a positive attitude, preferences change and people make choices
2.1. The impact of psychological characteristics on retirement planning in contrast to their attitude at implementation (Ainslie & Haslam, 1992;
behavior Rachlin, 1995). Although men view retirement as a natural progression
that is controllable to some extent, women are more apprehensive about
2.1.1. Retirement goal clarity unforeseen difficulties, which hampers their attitude and behavior to­
The Beach Image Theory (Beach & Mitchell, 1987) suggests that ward such an event (Poulter, 2020).
individuals develop an ideal image, which determines how they would H3: Attitude toward retirement has a positive association with
like to see themselves in the future and strive to achieve this image. The retirement planning behavior.
assertion that goal clarity provides strong motivation for the accom­
plishment of a task has been clearly supported in the retirement plan­ 2.1.4. Risk tolerance
ning literature. Various studies in the field of psychology unanimously Studies examining risk tolerance from a financial perspective tend to
agree that a clear and well-defined goal is crucial as it predisposes an focus on the pattern of investment decisions. Studies on women’s in­
individual to get involved in planning activities, which further enhance vestment patterns provide contradictory findings. One school of thought
the saving contributions (Hershey, Jacobs-Lawson, McArdle, & Hama­ views women as risk-averse in selecting their portfolios (Bajtelsmit &
gami, 2007; Hershey et al., 2010; Moorthy et al., 2012; Stawski et al., Bernasek, 1996; Bajtelsmit, Bernasek, & Jianakoplos, 1999; Charness &
2007; Zhu & Chou, 2018). Gneezy, 2012; Clark et al., 2009). Another school believes that the
Although males and females usually have a similar number of goals, disparity in earnings and the gap in financial knowledge favoring males
females’ goals are more abstract (Hershey, Jacobs-Lawson, & Neukam, explain this difference (Atkinson, Baird, & Frye, 2003; Almenberg &
2002). Females tend to develop self-oriented goals and devote more time Dreber, 2015; Bucher-Koenen, Alessie, Lusardi, Van Rooij, 2016; Fisher
toward leisure and maintaining social contact than men. Such behavior & Yao, 2017).
may be because females are socialized differently than males in the Bernasek and Shwiff (2001) and Sunden and Surette (1998) inves­
development and retention of their interpersonal relationships (Eis­ tigate the effect of risk aversion on household economic decisions in the
mann, Verbeij, & Henkens, 2019; Poulter, 2020). case of cohabitating or married couples. They report that women adopt
H1: Retirement goal clarity has a positive association with retire­ conservative investment strategies and allocate their wealth to less risky
ment planning behavior. investment options. As risk and return go together, investments in less
risky options yield lower returns and lesser wealth. Risk tolerance in­
2.1.2. Future time perspective fluences both portfolio choices and saving tendencies. Women who are
Future time perspective is a central personality trait and highlights less risk-tolerant are less inclined to save over the short term (Fisher,
how one can visualize the future. A high level of future time perspective 2010). Grable and Joo (1997) and Jacobs-Lawson and Hershey (2005)
indicates that individuals can clearly and easily visualize their lives in report that a higher risk tolerance predisposes an individual to develop
the future. Operationalizing the construct can occur in several ways aggressive retirement savings strategies.
based on setting and field, including patience, time preferences (eco­ H4: Risk tolerance has a positive association with retirement plan­
nomics-based literature), and planning horizon (psychology-based ning behavior.
literature).
Hershey et al. (2010) characterize future time perspective as one of 2.2. Social group support and the mediating role of psychological
the “central” or “cardinal” personality traits and a predictor of future characteristics on retirement planning behavior
financial planning. It exerts its effect by influencing an individual’s
knowledge and involvement in financial planning activities (Hershey Social surroundings affect humans. Social learning theory suggests
et al., 2007; Kooij, Kanfer, Betts, & Rudolph, 2018). Hastings and that early childhood learnings and peer groups like friends, co-workers,
Mitchell (2011) identify impatience as a significant predictor of savings and family members influence future goals and motivations required to
for retirement. They find that impatient investors or those who chose accomplish tasks (Bandura, 1977, 1986; Koposko & Hershey, 2014).
current gratification tend to invest in shortsighted investment options. Similarly, social contacts also influence retirement planning (Henkens,
In particular, individuals who focus more on the present have less sav­ 1999; Richardson, 1999; Szinovacz & Davey, 2005). Lusardi (2003)
ings for the future. Bernheim, Skinner, and Weinberg (2001), Clark, corroborates that the learning and experience of close relatives such as
Hammond, and Khalaf (2019), and Griffin et al. (2012) present similar siblings and parents partly shape any sort of financial planning. This
findings. They state that people scoring high on temporal or time dis­ factor is prevalent in portfolio choices for high return assets like stocks.
counting relish immediate rewards and are less concerned about savings Duflo and Saez (2003) show that people do not randomly learn about
or future retirement planning. Kerry (2018) studies the antecedents of economic opportunities and their economic decisions are heavily driven
retirement planning and finds that future time perspective and financial by their environment. They conducted an experimental study and
risk tolerance are two constructs holding substantial relevance for the established that peers at the workplace influenced participation in
retirement planning domain. employer organised program. The study entailed an experiment in

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which employees were encouraged to attend an employer organized 2.3. The moderating role of financial literacy
‘information fair’ that sought to create awareness about “Tax Deferred
Account (TDA)” retirement plan. While a few random groups of em­ The gradual shift of pension plans from defined benefit to defined
ployees were given monetary rewards, others were not even informed contribution has changed how people plan for retirement. This shift has
about the rewards. Strikingly, employees receiving awards were able to augmented every person’s accountability toward managing their fi­
influence and convince others to attend the program. nances and at the same time securing a reasonable retirement wealth for
Hershey et al. (2010) study the influence of support from friends, the future. Because many complex financial instruments exist, people
colleagues, and spouses on financial planning and conclude that social must develop a comprehensive understanding of financial products to
networks have an impact. This impact may be either indirect and affect make informed decisions. Clearly, financial literacy plays a vital part in
the time of women’s departure from the workforce (Richardson, 1999) retirement planning. Further exploring the association between psy­
or direct and affect future time perspective and retirement goal clarity chological characteristics and financial literacy can serve as a promising
(Hershey et al., 2010). and interesting area for research (Murphy, 2013). Taken together, they
Besides peer influence, early learning, particularly parental influ­ can provide an explanation for a significant variance in the various
ence, affects planning and saving. Parental influence plays a crucial role components of financial wellbeing.
in shaping one’s personality, beliefs, and attitudes toward various life Hershey and Mowen (2000) studied the influence of psychological
domains, including economics and finance. Webley and Nyhus (2006) characteristics, financial knowledge, and financial preparedness on
study children between 16 and 21 years old and find that parental traits, retirement planning. They included cardinal traits (openness, consci­
such as future orientation, conscientiousness, and discussion of matters entiousness, emotional stability, materialism, introversion, and need for
related to savings and economics with children, affect a child’s eco­ arousal) to predict the central trait (future time perspective) and the
nomic behavior until adulthood. Palaci, Jiménez, and Topa (2017) surface trait (financial planning knowledge and level of involvement in
suggest that parental economic behavior influences financial literacy retirement issues). Finally, the criterion measure was identified that
and the skills required for making well-informed financial decisions. represented financial preparedness in the form of savings for retirement.
These skills later influence financial planning for retirement. We thus Their findings indicated that future time perspective strongly influenced
expect: both financial knowledge and retirement preparedness. Rolison, Han­
H5: Social group support has a positive association with retirement och, and Wood (2017) found that younger individuals with a long term
planning behavior. or high future time perspective, prioritize their goals and the attainment
H6: Retirement goal clarity mediates the effect of social group sup­ of financial knowledge. The knowledge gathering behavior is motivated
port on retirement planning behavior. by a future time orientation. Thus, the financial education programs
H7: Future time perspective mediates the effect of social group designed to enhance the retirement saving behavior should be fine-
support on retirement planning behavior. tuned in line with the individual’s thoughts for the future.
Buss (1989) identified three types of traits: “cardinal traits, central Howlett, Kees, and Kemp (2008) explored the influence of future
traits and surface or stylistic traits. While cardinal and central traits are orientation and financial knowledge on consumers’ participation in 401
embedded in deeper levels and together determine the idiosyncratic (k) plans. Their findings suggested that future orientation and financial
characteristics of an individual, surface traits are more superficial and knowledge interacted such that consumers with higher future orienta­
their foundation lies somewhere between cardinal and central traits. tion and basic financial knowledge were more likely to participate in the
Along similar lines, Hershey et al. (2010) also categorized future time retirement saving plan as compared to someone with high knowledge
perspective as one of the “central” or “cardinal” personality traits and a and low future orientation. In the absence of knowledge, future orien­
predecessor of surface traits like goal clarity. It also exercises its influ­ tation failed to have any effect on the participation rate in 401(k) plans.
ence through the knowledge and involvement of an individual in Similarly, Zimbardo, Clements, and Leite (2017) also identified that the
financial planning activities (Hershey et al., 2007). coupling of financial literacy and time perspective introspection pro­
H8: Retirement goal clarity mediates the effect of future time grams can have a significant influence on people’s future financial
perspective on retirement planning behavior. health. Hershey, Mowen, and Jacobs-Lawson (2003) explored the effect
Attitude also interacts with other psychological characteristics such of retirement seminars on financial planning and found that financial
as future time perspective. Consequently, having a distant future time information and goal-setting seminars, when integrated, present the
perspective increases the attitude intention consistency toward future most promising results.
oriented behavior like planning and saving (Rabinovich, Morton, & Various studies suggest that financial literacy can have a strong in­
Postmes, 2010). fluence on investment perceptions. Diacon (2004) show that risk appe­
H9: Attitude toward retirement mediates the effect of future time tite of individuals differs based on their financial knowledge. Financial
perspective on retirement planning behavior. experts tend to invest in risky investment options as compared to
Financial risk tolerance is influenced by future time perspective. laypeople with low financial awareness. Financial literacy has a positive
According to Jacobs-Lawson and Hershey (2005), there is a three-way influence on participation in the stock market (Van Rooij, Lusardi, &
interaction between risk tolerance, financial planning knowledge, and Alessie, 2011), selection of mutual funds (Müller & Weber, 2010), and
future time perspective that influences retirement savings. For in­ wealth management (Hilgert, Hogarth, & Beverly, 2003). We thus
dividuals with short future time perspective, financial planning knowl­ expect:
edge does not have significant influence on the relationship between risk H1a-H10a: Financial literacy moderates the relationships among the
tolerance and retirement savings. This means that if an individual has model constructs.
low future time perspective, then even in the presence of high financial
planning knowledge, there would be minimal effect of risk-taking ability 3. Research methodology
on savings as the individual won’t be able to visualize the distant future.
On the other hand, someone with high future time perspective with 3.1. Data collection
either high or low financial knowledge might experience a significant
influence of risk tolerance on retirement savings. Data collection is the procedure for collecting respondent opinions
H10: Risk tolerance mediates the effect of future time perspective on on the topic of interest (Zikmund, 2003). Based on the description of the
retirement planning behavior. research problem, various techniques are available for data collection.
We used a survey for collecting data, which included self-administered
questionnaires along with posted/mailed or emailed surveys. The

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main benefit of a questionnaire is that it is the most time and cost- 3.3. Non-response bias
effective technique when a large number of respondents are to be
approached for data collection (Sekaran, 2003). A potential limitation of survey research is non-response bias. Weiss
and Heide (1993) suggest that when the response rate of the survey is
high, the researcher should not worry about non-response bias. How­
3.2. Participants and procedure
ever, when the response rate is low, a greater likelihood exists of the
sample being unrepresentative of the population, resulting in non-
Our study focuses on the psychological antecedents of retirement
response bias. Such issues pose a threat to the survey’s external val­
planning behavior and the influence of the interaction between profes­
idity and impede the extraction of valid inferences from the data (Bar­
sional women’s financial literacy and psychological characteristics on
riball & While, 1999). To test this bias, we used (1) the Mann-Whitney-U
their retirement planning behavior. In the context of our study, “pro­
test and (2) the Wilcoxon W test. We compared the responses of early
fessional women” refer to women who have attained a formal qualifi­
(first 30 online and first 50 offline responses) and late (last 30 online and
cation or training required to develop expertise for an occupation.
last 50 offline responses) respondents to ascertain whether they differed
Accordingly, to develop our sampling frame, we consulted the quarterly
statistically on social group support, psychological, and retirement
employment report by the Ministry of Labour and Employment Labour
planning scales (Armstrong & Overton, 1977). Table 1 indicates no
Bureau of India (2016) and an industry report by Wheebox (2017),
statistically significant difference between early and late respondents.
which show that the percentage of female workers was highest in the
Further, Deutskens, de Jong, de Ruyter, and Wetzels (2006) note that,
education (48.96%), health (48.22%), information technology and
with respect to the response characteristics, both online and offline
business process outsourcing (IT/BPO) (31.27%), and banking, financial
surveys produce equivalent results. This reduces our concern about non-
service, and insurance (21.21%) sectors. Our study includes professors,
response bias.
doctors, lawyers, bank officials, and accountants, among others.
We used non-probabilistic sampling techniques, specifically purpo­
sive and snowball sampling. Purposive sampling, also called judgment 3.4. Measures
sampling, permits thoughtful selection of participants due to the specific
characteristic they possess (Etikan, Musa, & Alkassim, 2016). Through 3.4.1. Dependent variable
purposive sampling, we collected data from female professionals like We assessed the dependent variable through two measures—retire­
doctors, professors, accountants and bank officials, in western region of ment planning activity and retirement savings tendency. We used a four-
India. We later used a combination of snowball and purposive sampling item scale by Hershey et al. (2010) to measure retirement planning ac­
to collect data from northern, middle, and southern India. Snowball tivity. We assessed retirement savings tendency through a five-item
sampling is chain referral sampling wherein the study sample is selected scale by Jacobs-Lawson and Hershey (2005). Respondents answered
through references from existing respondents for the next link who all items on a seven-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 7 =
possess characteristic that are of interest for the researcher. The next strongly agree). On conducting exploratory factor analysis on these nine
subject provides direction toward the next subject, and the chain con­ items, all items loaded on a single factor, which indicates that re­
tinues (Biernacki & Waldorf, 1981). spondents consider planning activity and savings tendency as similar
We pilot tested the instrument on 90 professional women. Based on behaviors. We name this factor “Retirement Planning Behavior.” It has a
valuable suggestions, we identified certain drawbacks in statement Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.953, indicating excellent reliability (Cron­
phrasings and made minor corrections to the questionnaire. Thereafter, bach, 1951).
we sent the final questionnaire to 2150 professional women by online
and offline modes. In all, we received 135 responses (a 22.5% response 3.4.2. Independent variables
rate) through the online mode (Google forms), and 383 responses (a The independent variables for our study included retirement goal
24.7% response rate) through the offline (self-administered question­ clarity, future time perspective, attitude toward retirement, risk toler­
naires along with posted/mailed survey with postage envelopes pro­ ance, social group support, and financial literacy. We developed a five-
vided) mode. There is an innate limitation of low response rate item scale for future time perspective from Koposko and Hershey
associated with the survey questionnaire technique. However, to over­ (2014). It presented good internal reliability with a Cronbach’s alpha
come this issue, we sent follow-up emails and reminders. Out of these, value of 0.865. For retirement goal clarity, we took the five-item scale
we discarded 33 offline responses due to missing information, reducing from Stawski et al. (2007). Its Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.885.
the number to 350. Thus, the final sample consisted of 485 responses. Similarly, we borrowed the four items for attitude toward retirement,

Table 1
Statistical Test for Non-Response Bias.
Online Responses

FTP ATR RT RGC SGS RPB

Mann- Whitney U 439.00 400.50 374.00 416.50 394.00 414.00

Wilcoxon W 904.0 865.50 839.00 881.50 859.50 879.00
Z − 0.163 − 0.734 − 1.126 − 0.497 − 0.823 − 0.533
Asymptotic Significance (2-tailed) 0.870 0.463 0.260 0.619 0.411 0.594

Offline Responses

FTP ATR RT RGC SGS RPB

Mann- Whitney U 1242.00 1203.00 1037.00 1067.50 1138.00 1083.50

Wilcoxon W 2517.00 2478.00 2312.00 2342.50 2413.00 2358.50
Z − 0.055 − 0.325 − 1.471 − 1.262 − 0.780 − 1.149
Asymptotic Significance (2-tailed) 0.956 0.745 0.141 0.207 0.436 0.251

Notes: This table shows the outcomes of the Mann-Whitney-U and Wilcoxon W tests for non-response bias. It compares the early (first 30 online and first 50 offline
responses) and late (last 30 online and last 50 offline responses) respondents on social, psychological characteristics and retirement planning behavior scale. None of
the tests are statistically significant at the 0.05 level. FTP = future time perspective, ATR = attitude towards retirement, RT = risk tolerance, RGC = retirement goal
clarity, SGS = social group support, and RPB = retirement planning behavior.

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four for social group support, and five items for risk tolerance from variables, which indicates the share of a variable’s variance explained by
Moorthy et al. (2012), Van Dalen, Henkens, and Hershey (2010), and the latent variable (Götz, Liehr-Gobbers, & Krafft, 2010). As a rule of
Jacobs-Lawson and Hershey (2005), respectively. We measured all the thumb, researchers often prefer a loading of 0.7 or higher as it implies
items for the above constructs on a seven-point Likert scale (1 = strongly that compared to the unexplained or the error variance, the construct
disagree to 7 = strongly agree). They displayed a Cronbach’s alpha value shared more variance with the measure (Hulland, 1999). Agapito and
of 0.787 for attitude toward retirement, 0.865 for social group support, Oom do Valle, & da Costa Mendes (2013) and Hulland (1999) suggest
and 0.809 for risk tolerance. We, easired all the items for the above that when adapting scale items from other settings, the recommended
constructs on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly threshold value for a factor loading should be 0.5. According to Nun­
agree). nally (1978), dropping items with lower loadings from any further
We measured financial literacy using two sets of multiple-choice analysis is appropriate because they would add little to the model’s
questions designed by Lusardi and Mitchell (2017) to ascertain explanatory power. Hence, we removed any items with factor loadings
different levels of knowledge. With each question, the questionnaire below 0.5. As Table 4 shows, all the items display reliability and satisfy
provided a “Don’t know” option to deter the participants from guessing. the criteria mentioned above except ATR4, RT2, and RT5. Because these
The first set pertained to basic financial literacy questions assessing the items have factor loadings below 0.5, we eliminated them from the
awareness of simple numerical skills such as compound interest, infla­ construct structure. The absolute correlation or the factor loading be­
tion, time value of money, and money illusion. The second set of tween the rest of the items and their constructs is between 0.532 and
financial literacy questions evaluated respondent knowledge/awareness 0.946.
of more complicated financial concepts such as stocks, bonds, mutual We used Cronbach’s alpha and composite reliability to evaluate
funds, risk-return, and risk diversification. construct reliability. Construct level reliability confirms that the items
Table 2 provides an overview of all items used to measure the within a construct present a higher relation among themselves.
dependent and independent variables in this study and also includes Although Cronbach’s alpha measures the uni-dimensionality within the
descriptive statistics of each variable. multi-item scale (Cronbach, 1951), composite reliability measures how
well the items can assess their respective constructs (Gotz, Liehr-
4. Data analysis and results Gobbers, & Krafft, 2010). As Table 4 shows, Cronbach’s alpha values
are higher than the recommended threshold value of 0.7. Similarly,
4.1. Sample characteristics composite reliability also exceeds the threshold value of 0.7 (Nunnally &
Bernstein, 1994).
Table 3 presents the respondent profiles. Most respondents are be­
tween the ages of 30 and 60 years when they make critical financial 4.2.1.2. Instrument validity. We verify convergent and discriminant
decisions. Almost half of the women had a gross annual income of INR validity to establish the proposed model’s quality. Besides factor load­
400,000 to 1,000,000 (approximately USD 6,000 to 14,000 at the time ings on the construct and composite reliability, we establish convergent
of the survey), whereas 19.8% earned more than INR 1,000,000 per validity through the average variance extracted (AVE) values. The AVE
year. Of the respondents, 73.2% of the women are married. In terms of indicates the convergence calculated from the variance extracted from
their occupation, 23.5% of the women are finance professionals, such as all the items loading on a construct. A value above 0.5 indicates
chartered accountants, income tax officers, accountants, and bank offi­ convergent validity or uni-dimensionality within the construct (Hair,
cials; 76.5% are non-finance professionals, including doctors (27.4%), Black, Babin, & Anderson, 2010; Nikou & Economides, 2017). As can be
teachers (31.5%), IT/BPO employees (16.5%), and others such as inte­ deduced from Table 4, the value of AVE exceeds the recommended
rior designers and lawyers (1.0%). Regarding education, about half value. Hence, we infer that each construct’s respective items can explain
(49.4%) are postgraduates, and 14.8% hold a doctorate. more than half of the variance. Therefore, our proposed model has
convergent validity.
Discriminant validity is a corresponding idea to convergent validity,
4.2. The direct influence of psychological characteristics and social group representing that entirely different sets of measuring items should
support on retirement planning Behavior. explain two theoretically distinctive constructs. Hence, we do not expect
the items to present any uni-dimensionality (Henseler, Ringle, & Sin­
We used partial least squares (PLS) regression with Smart PLS 3.0 to kovics, 2009). The Fornell-Larcker criterion and cross-loadings are the
evaluate both the uni-dimensionality of the constructs and the psycho­ most common and dominant approaches to examine discriminant val­
logical antecedents of retirement planning behavior. PLS is the preferred idity. However, for PLS-SEM, Henseler, Ringle, and Sarstedt (2015)
choice of analysis because it can simultaneously measure latent vari­ propose a more precise measure - the heterotrait-monotrait ratio
ables and test the relation between latent variables (Babin, Hair, & (HTMT). We examine the HTMT to evaluate discriminant validity,
Boles, 2008). Moreover, PLS provides additional advantages because it which is the mean value of the correlation among items across constructs
does not make stringent assumptions about the data’s distribution. The (i.e., heterotrait-heteromethod correlations) relative to the mean of the
sample size required for validation and testing of the model is also small average correlation of the items, which measures the same construct (i.
(Hair, Sarstedt, Hopkins, & Kuppelwieser, 2014). e., monotrait-heteromethod correlations) (Henseler et al., 2015). HTMT
We followed a two-step approach to analyze the model. First, we values below 0.9 support discriminant validity (Hair, Matthews, Mat­
evaluated the outer measurement model for establishing the model’s thews, & Sarstedt, 2017; Henseler et al., 2015). As can be deduced from
uni-dimensionality, reliability, discriminant, and convergent validity. Table 5, the results meet the HTMT criterion, verifying the scale’s
Thus, we can ensure that the constructs used for assessing the relation in discriminant validity.
the inner model are precisely measured (Hair et al., 2014). Second, we
assessed the inner structural model for determining causal relations 4.2.2. Structural model evaluation
based on significant path coefficient values between the proposed latent Having assured the model’s validity and reliability, we measured the
constructs (Hair et al., 2014). inner model for its predictive relevancy and the relations among con­
structs. We also evaluated the path coefficients with their respective
4.2.1. Basic model evaluation statistical significance, coefficient of determination (R2), effect size (f2),
and goodness-of-fit (GOF).
4.2.1.1. Instrument reliability. When assessing the measurement model,
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Table 2
Variable and Scale Definitions for Retirement Planning Behavior, Financial Literacy and Psychological Characteristics.
Construct Item Statement Min. Max. Mean S.D

Future Time FTP1 I like to think about what the future will hold. 2.60 7.00 5.474 0.990
PerspectiveItem = 5 FTP2 I enjoy thinking about how I will live years from now in the future.
FTP3 I look forward to life in the distant future.
FTP4 According to me, it is important to have a long term perspective in life.
FTP5 My close friend would describe me as future oriented.
Attitude Towards ATR1 Retirement will enable me to pursue my unfulfilled dreams. 1.00 6.75 3.572 1.415
RetirementItem = 4 ATR2 I look forward to retirement.
ATR3 I am worried about my life after retirement.
ATR4 I expect that being retired will make me feel useless.
Risk Tolerance Item = 5 RT1 I prefer a “sure thing” over a gamble when planning for retirement. 1.00 7.00 3.534 1.316
RT2 I prefer those investments which have higher returns even if they are riskier.
RT3 The overall growth potential of a retirement investment is more important to me than the
level of risk associated with the investment.
RT4 I am very much willing to make risky investments in order to ensure financial stability in
retirement.
RT5 As a rule, I would never choose the safest investment when planning for retirement.
Retirement Goal Clarity RGC1 I set specific goals regarding how much I will need to save for my retirement. 1.00 7.00 5.120 1.256
Item = 5 RGC2 I think a great deal about quality of life I want to lead after retirement.
RGC3 I have a clear vision of how my life shall be after retirement.
RGC4 I have set clear goals for gaining information about retirement.
RGC5 I have discussed retirement plans with spouse, friends, or significant others.
Social Group Support SGS1 My spouse believes it’s important to save for retirement. 2.25 7.00 5.552 1.045
Item = 4 SGS2 My friends believe it’s important to save for retirement.
SGS3 My colleagues at work believe it’s important to save for retirement.
SGS4 Saving was a important lesson I learned as a child.
Retirement Planning RPB1 Calculations have been made to estimate how much I have to save to retire comfortably. 1.00 7.00 4.748 1.450
Behavior Item = 9 RPB2 I frequently read articles, books, brochures or surf the internet to learn about retirement
planning.
RPB3 I have informed myself about the level of my future pension benefits.
RPB4 I have informed myself about financial preparation for retirement.
RPB5 I have made regular contributions to a voluntary retirement savings plan.
RPB6 Relative to my peers, I have saved a great deal (almost double) of money for post
retirement years.
RPB7 I regularly contribute a fixed percentage of my income to my retirement saving account.
RPB8 I make a conscious effort to save for retirement.
RPB9 Based on how I plan to live my life in retirement, I have saved accordingly.
Basic Financial Literacy Numeracy Suppose you had INR100 in a savings account and the interest rate was 2% per year. After
5 years, how much do you think you would have in the account if you left the money to
grow?
(i) More than INR102, (88.6%)
(ii) Exactly INR102,
(iii) Less than INR102,
(iv) Don’t know.
Compound Interest Suppose you had INR100 in a savings account and the interest rate is 20% per year and
you never withdraw money or interest payments. After 5 years, how much would you
have in this account in total?
(i) More than INR 200, (77.3%)
(ii) Exactly INR 200,
(iii) Less than INR 200,
(iv) Don’t know
Inflation Imagine that the interest rate on your savings account was 1% per year and inflation was
2% per year. After 1 year, how much would you be able to buy with the money in this
account?
(i) More than today,
(ii) Exactly the same,
(iii) Less than today, (58.6%)
(iv) Don’t know.
Time Value of Assume a friend inherits INR 10,000 today and his sibling inherits INR 10,000 3 years
Money from now. Who is richer because of the inheritance?
(i) My friend, (65.3%)
(ii) His sibling,
(iii) They are equally rich,
(iv) Don’t know.
Money Illusion Suppose that in the current year your income has doubled and prices of all goods have
doubled too. How much do you think you will be able to buy with your income?
(i) More than today,
(ii) The same as today, (62.6%)
(iii) Less than today,
(iv) Don’t know.
Advanced Financial Stock Market Which of the following statements describes the main function of the stock market?
Literacy (i) The stock market helps to predict stock earnings,
(ii) The stock market results in an increase in the price of stocks,
(iii) The stock market brings people who want to buy stocks together with those
who want to sell stocks, (57.9%)
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Table 2 (continued )
Construct Item Statement Min. Max. Mean S.D

(iv) None of the above,

(v) Don’t know.
Mutual Funds Which of the following statements regarding mutual funds is correct?
(i) Once one invests in a mutual fund, one cannot withdraw the money in the first year,
(ii) Mutual funds can invest in several assets, for example, in both stocks and
bonds, (43.09%)
(iii) Mutual funds pay a guaranteed rate of return that depends on their past performance,
(iv) None of the above,
(v) Don’t know.
Bond Price If the interest rate falls, what should happen to bond/debenture prices?
(i) Rise, (34.43%)
(ii) Fall,
(iii) Stay the same,
(iv) None of the above,
(v) Don’t know.
Safe Return Buying a single company stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund.
(i) True,
(ii) False, (57.1%)
(iii) Don’t know.
Stocks/Bonds True or false? Stocks are normally riskier than bonds.
(i) True, (72.3%)
(ii) False,
(iii) Don’t know.
Highest Long Period Consider a long time period (e.g., 10 or 20 years), which asset normally gives the highest
Return long period return?
(i) Savings accounts,
(ii) Bonds,
(iii) Stocks, (38.1%)
(iv) Don’t know.
Highest Fluctuation Normally, which asset displays the highest fluctuations over time?
(i) Savings accounts,
(ii) Bonds,
(iii) Stocks, (73.6%)
(iv) Don’t know.
Risk Diversification When an investor spreads his money among different assets, the risk of losing money.
(i) Increases,
(ii) Decreases, (67.01%)
(iii) Stays the same,
(iv) Don’t know.

Notes: Bold text in the item wording column indicates the correct answer for the multiple choice financial literacy scales. The percentage values indicate that proportion
of the sample who responded correctly for the questions. The minimum score (Min.), maximum score (Max.), mean score, and the standard deviation (SD) represent the
average Likert score across all the items on the scale.

bootstrapping on a subsample of 5,000 with no change in sign. Table 6

Table 3 summarizes the path coefficient values. Retirement goal clarity shows a
Demographic Profile of 485 Professional Indian Women.
significantly positive relation to retirement planning behavior (β =
Characteristics Group Frequency Percentage 0.680, p < 0.001), which supports H1. This finding is consistent with the
Age (Years) 20 to 30 144 29.7 results of Hershey et al. (2007), Stawski et al. (2007), and Zhu and Chou
31 to 40 183 37.7 (2018).
41 to 50 93 19.2 Furthermore, H2 hypothesized that future time perspective would
51 to 60 46 9.5
> 60 19 3.9
have a positive and significant relationship with retirement planning
Annual income (in INR) < 400,000 131 27.0 behavior. As can be deduced from Table 6, H2 is not supported (β =
400,000–700,000 148 30.5 -0.003, p > 0.05). Though H2 is not supported, future time perspective
> 700,000–1,000,000 110 22.7 exerted a direct and positive influence on retirement goal clarity (β =
> 1,000,000 96 19.8
0.523, p < 0.001). This finding is consistent with evidence from Hershey
Marital status Unmarried 110 22.7
Married 355 73.2 et al. (2007). The effect of future time perspective on attitude toward
Divorced 11 2.3 retirement (β = 0.460, p < 0.001) and risk tolerance (β = 0.392, p <
Widowed 9 1.9 0.001) is also positive and significant. This result is consistent with the
Profession Financial 114 23.5 findings of Rabinovich et al. (2010) and Jacobs-Lawson and Hershey
Non-financial 371 76.5
Education Graduate 173 35.7
(2005).
Postgraduate 240 49.4 H3 hypothesized that attitude toward retirement would have a
Doctorate 72 14.8 positive and statistically significant relation to retirement planning
behavior. Results from Table 6 do not support H3 (β = 0.062, p > 0.05).
This finding is contrary to evidence by Gordon (1994), Noone et al.
4.2.2.1. Measuring path coefficients. Path coefficients are similar to the
(2010), and Turner et al. (1994). H4, which hypothesized a positive and
standardized β coefficients of ordinary least square regression analysis.
statistically significant relation of risk tolerance with retirement plan­
They depict the variation in the dependent variable for a unit variation
ning behavior, also lacks support (β = -0.043, p > 0.05). Our evidence
in the independent variable (Henseler et al., 2009). We determined the
contradicts the findings of Grable and Joo (1997) and Jacobs-Lawson
path coefficient values for each path and estimated their significance
and Hershey (2005).
levels using a t-test following a bootstrapping procedure. We carried out
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Table 4
Results for Reliability and Convergent Validity of Measurement Model
Items Factor Loadings (>0.40) α (>0.70) CR (>0.70) AVE (>0.50)

Complete Low FL High FL Complete Low FL High FL Complete Low FL High FL Complete Low FL High FL
sample sample sample sample

FTP1 0.677 0.625 0.724 0.865 0.869 0.866 0.863 0.866 0.865 0.559 0.566 0.563
FTP2 0.732 0.751 0.752
FTP3 0.736 0.688 0.789
FTP4 0.759 0.798 0.698
FTP5 0.827 0.875 0.785
ATR1 0.946 0.855 0.993 0.787 0.781 0.790 0.791 0.782 0.799 0.571 0.548 0.589
ATR2 0.732 0.705 0.748
ATR3 0.532 0.645 0.471
RT1 0.846 0.807 0.892 0.809 0.777 0.833 0.819 0.793 0.839 0.611 0.578 0.639
RT3 0.900 0.936 0.842
RT4 0.552 0.456 0.642
RGC1 0.748 0.760 0.731 0.885 0.894 0.880 0.886 0.894 0.882 0.610 0.629 0.600
RGC2 0.738 0.737 0.713
RGC3 0.801 0.809 0.809
RGC4 0.825 0.832 0.845
RGC5 0.780 0.825 0.767
SGS1 0.765 0.747 0.781 0.865 0.872 0.846 0.867 0.876 0.845 0.619 0.638 0.577
SGS2 0.826 0.846 0.786
SGS3 0.779 0.846 0.682
SGS4 0.776 0.752 0.784
RPB1 0.833 0.816 0.859 0.953 0.950 0.955 0.953 0.950 0.955 0.693 0.678 0.703
RPB2 0.841 0.770 0.869
RPB3 0.884 0.897 0.864
RPB4 0.861 0.855 0.887
RPB5 0.787 0.742 0.820
RPB6 0.765 0.744 0.752
RPB7 0.802 0.853 0.789
RPB8 0.859 0.861 0.834
RPB9 0.851 0.860 0.863

Notes. This table presents the results of the composite reliability (CR) and average variance extracted (AVE) and Cronbach’s alpha (α) for each construct (recommended
threshold values are in the parentheses).

Table 5
Discriminant Validity of the Measurement Model
Dataset Constructs Future time Attitude towards Risk Retirement goal Social group Retirement planning
perspective retirement tolerance clarity support behavior

Complete (N = 485) Future time

perspective
Attitude towards 0.457
retirement
Risk tolerance 0.393 0.205
Retirement goal 0.699 0.385 0.302
clarity
Social group support 0.586 0.217 0.159 0.612
Retirement planning 0.598 0.352 0.204 0.811 0.623
behavior
High Financial Literacy Future time
(n = 271) perspective
Attitude towards 0.560
retirement
Risk tolerance 0.329 0.163
Retirement goal 0.658 0.428 0.278
clarity
Social group support 0.540 0.214 0.152 0.570
Retirement planning 0.541 0.383 0.212 0.836 0.549
behavior
Low Financial Literacy Future time
(n = 214) perspective
Attitude towards 0.339
retirement
Risk tolerance 0.471 0.336
Retirement goal 0.744 0.332 0.333
clarity
Social group support 0.633 0.187 0.181 0.683
Retirement planning 0.665 0.299 0.194 0.781 0.711
behavior

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Table 6
Path Analysis Results
Path Complete Dataset (n ¼ 485) High Financial Literacy (n ¼ 271) Low Financial Literacy (n ¼ 214)

Path R Square Path R Square Path R Square

RGC → RPB 0.680*** 0.68.9 0.786*** 0.711 0.491*** 0.685

ATR → RPB 0.062 (Not significant) 0.067 (Not significant) 0.067 (Not significant)
RT → RPB − 0.043 (Not significant) − 0.010 (Not significant) − 0.106 (Not significant)
SGS → RPB 0.203*** 0.132* 0.282***
FTP → RPB − 0.003(Not significant) − 0.079 (Not significant) − 0.153 (Not significant)
FTP → RGC 0.523*** 0.550 0.491*** 0.497 0.532*** 0.630
SGS → RGC 0.302*** 0.305*** 0.340***
FTP → ATR 0.460*** 0.211 0.563*** 0.317 0.346*** 0.120
FTP → RT 0.392*** 0.153 0.328*** 0.107 0.472*** 0.223
SGS → FTP 0.588*** 0.345 0.540*** 0.292 0.636*** 0.405

Notes. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

significantly positive association with retirement planning behavior. perspective, 21.1% of the variance in attitude towards retirement, and
Results from Table 6 support H5 (β = 0.203, p < 0.001). As can be 15.3% of the variance in risk tolerance. These results suggest that apart
inferred from Table 6, social group support has a significantly positive from risk tolerance and attitude toward retirement, our model explains
association with future time perspective (β = 0.588, p < 0.001) and moderate variance for the other latent variables.
retirement goal clarity (β = 0.302, p < 0.001) also.
4.2.2.3. Measuring the effect size (f2). The f2 measures the exogenous
4.2.2.2. Measuring the coefficient of determination (R2). The coefficient construct’s degree of impact on the endogenous latent construct (Hus­
of determination (R2) measures the variance explained in the endoge­ sain, Fangwei, Siddiqi, Ali, & Shabbir, 2018). Its calculation involves
nous latent variable by the structural model. The five independent measuring the difference in R2 after removing a particular exogenous
constructs explain 68.9% of the variance in retirement planning construct from the model and establishing the exogenous construct’s
behavior (Fig. 2). Chin (1998) and Henseler et al. (2009) consider R2 relative importance in explaining the endogenous construct. We used
values of 0.67, 0.33, and 0.19 in the PLS path model as substantial, Cohen’s function of f2 for calculating the effect size. The f2 values of
moderate, and weak, respectively. Hence, the R2 value in our study is 0.35, 0.15, and 0.02 represent a strong, moderate, and weak effect,
substantial. The model also explains 55.0% of the variance in retirement respectively (Cohen, 1988). As Table 7 shows, the effect size of all the
goal clarity, followed by 34.5% of the variance in future time paths in the structural model exhibits moderate to strong effects.

Fig. 2. Structural Equation Model Analysis of the Research Model.

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Table 7 Table 9
Results of Effect Sizes Specific Indirect Path Results
Path Effect Size Total Effect Hypotheses Path Path Coefficient Results
*** ***
Future Time Perspective → Attitude Towards 0.268 Moderate H6 SGS → RGC → RPB 0.205 Supported
Retirement H7 SGS → FTP → RPB − 0.002 (Not Not
**
Future Time Perspective → Retirement Goal Clarity 0.397 Strong significant) Supported
Future Time Perspective → Risk Tolerance 0.181*** Moderate H8 FTP → RGC → RPB 0.355*** Supported
Retirement Goal clarity → Retirement Financial 0.653*** Strong H9 FTP → ATR → RPB 0.028 (Not significant) Not
Planning Supported
Social Group Support → Future Time Perspective 0.528*** Strong H10 FTP → RT → RPB − 0.017 (Not Not
** *** significant) Supported
Notes. *p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001. – SGS → FTP → ATR 0.270*** –
– SGS → FTP → RT 0.230*** –
4.2.2.4. Goodness-of-fit index. We used the goodness-of-fit (GOF) index – SGC → FTP → RGC → 0.209*** –
RPB
to verify whether the model sufficiently explains the empirical data
– SGS → FTP → RGC 0.307*** –
(Hussain et al., 2018). The GOF value ranges between 0 and 1, and
***
values of 0.01, 0.25, and 0.36 indicate small, medium, and large. Notes. p < 0.001.
Calculating GOF uses average communalities (AVE values) and average
R2 values through the following equation: effect 0.230, p < 0.001). Another indirect path that emerged as signif­
icant is the influence of social group support on retirement planning
GOF = √AverageR2xAverage communality (1) behavior via future time perspective and retirement goal clarity (indi­
As Table 8 shows, our study’s GOF value is 0.486, which is suffi­ rect effect 0.209, p < 0.001).
ciently high to conclude that the data fit the model satisfactorily and
exhibit considerable predictive power. 4.4. The moderating role of financial literacy
We also measure the standardized root mean residual (SRMR) value
and normed fit index (NFI). SRMR represents the average of the stan­ We used Multi Group Analysis (MGA) to examine the moderating
dardized residuals between the observed and hypothesized covariance effect of financial literacy. In this approach, we divide the data set into
matrix, and its value should be < 0.08 (Hussain et al., 2018). Our study’s subsamples. We then evaluate the model for each subsample to establish
SRMR value is 0.042, and for NFI, it is 0.860, revealing that the model the uni-dimensionality, reliability, discriminant, and convergent val­
has a good fit. idity of the model. Thus, we can verify that our constructs are precisely
measured (Hair et al., 2014). Next, we evaluate the inner structural
model to identify the causal relationships between the proposed latent
4.3. The mediating role of psychological characteristics on retirement
constructs (Hair et al., 2014). We carried our bootstrapping to determine
planning behavior
the standard error for the structural paths under each subgroup. Finally,
we compared the path difference between the subsamples using a
To test the mediating role of psychological characteristics, we used
parametric t-test (Chin, 1998).
PLS 3, employing the bootstrapping method, with each analysis being
We measured financial literacy using two sets of multiple-choice
run using 5000 boot strapped subsamples. The results indicate that
questions designed by Lusardi and Mitchell (2017) to ascertain
retirement goal clarity partially mediates the effect of social group
different levels of knowledge. The first set of questions pertains to basic
support on retirement planning behavior (indirect effect 0.205, p <
financial literacy questions while the second set of financial literacy
0.001), thus supporting H6. Further, results also suggest that while
questions evaluates respondent knowledge/awareness of more compli­
future time perspective does not have any direct influence on retirement
cated financial concepts such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, risk-return,
planning behavior, it also does not mediate the effect of social group
and risk diversification. For each correct answer, the respondent
support on retirement planning behavior, thus H7 is not supported.
received a score of 1. Later, we computer their score on basic and
Table 9 presents the specific indirect effect. As can be deduced from the
advanced financial literacy scales based on the total number of correct
table, retirement goal clarity totally mediates the effect of future time
responses under each category. Further, we applied hierarchal and k-
perspective on retirement planning behavior (indirect effect 0.355, p <
means cluster analysis to classify the respondents based on their basic
0.001), thus providing support for H8. In H9 and H10, we hypothesized
and advanced financial literacy score. Clustering is a type of data
that attitude towards retirement and risk tolerance mediate the effect of
reduction technique involving classifying the cases under homogeneous
future time perspective on retirement planning behavior. The findings
groups based on the similarity along multiple dimensions of interest
from the study do not provide support for these two hypotheses. Besodes
(Henry, Tolan, & Gorman-Smith, 2005). We initially applied hierarchi­
these hypotheses, we document a few more indirect effects. Future time
cal clustering as it allows comparison of results with an increasing
perspective mediates the relation of social group support with retire­
number of clusters. Additionally, we did not have to make a prior
ment goal clarity (indirect effect 0.307, p < 0.001), attitude toward
judgment about the number of clusters (Morissette & Chartier, 2013).
retirement (indirect effect 0.270, p < 0.001), and risk tolerance (indirect
We applied hierarchical clustering with Ward’s linkage to identify the
number of clusters. In Ward’s linkage, the clusters are linked based on
Table 8
the degree of similarity between the observations within the same
Goodness-of-fit Index (GOF).
cluster (Henry et al., 2005). To establish measure of similarity, we used
Construct AVE R2 Squared Euclidean Distance, which represents the square root of the sum
Attitude Towards Retirement 0.571 0.211 of the squared distance between values for each variable (Henry et al.,
Future Time Perspective 0.559 0.345 2005). Subsequently, we applied non-hierarchical or k-means clustering
Retirement Goal Clarity 0.610 0.550
using the predetermined number of clusters from hierarchical clus­
Risk Tolerance 0.611 0.153
Social Group Support 0.619 – tering. This combination exploits the strength of both the methods and
Retirement Financial Planning 0.693 0.689 compensates for their weaknesses. It resulted in two distinctive and
Average Values 0.610 0.389 meaningful clusters as presented in Table 10. We named the first as high
AVE × R2 0.237 financial literacy (high basic and high advanced financial literacy) and
GOF ¼ √(AVE £ R2) 0.486
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Table 10 Table 5 shows the HTMT ratio to be less than 0.9 for both the sub­
Cluster Solution for Financial Literacy. samples. Hence, we infer that the scale exhibits discriminant validity.
Factor High Low F Significance
Financial Financial 4.4.2. Structural model evaluation
Literacy Literacy Once the validity and reliability of the model were ensured, we
Basic financial 4.20 2.67 236.816 0.000 measured the inner model for its predictive relevancy and the re­
literacy lationships among constructs. Table 6 presents the structural path co­
Advanced 6.00 2.46 890.134 0.000 efficient values for the original sample and the subsamples. The model
financial
literacy
for the subgroup of high and low financial literacy produced similar
Respondents (n) 271 214 overall results as the complete dataset but the strength of the effects
differs between these two groups. Retirement goal clarity shows a
significantly positive relation to retirement planning behavior.
financial literacy). There were 271 respondents in the high financial Furthermore, future time perspective exerted a direct and positive in­
literacy subgroup and 214 respondents in the low financial literacy fluence on retirement goal clarity. The effect of future time perspective
subgroup. on attitude towards retirement is significant. Our study also provides
empirical support for positive and significant association of future time
4.4.1. Measurement model evaluation perspective with risk tolerance. It indicates a positive and significant
Results presented in Table 4 reveal that the factor loadings exceeded relation of social group support with future time perspective, retirement
the recommended level of 0.4. Loadings ranged from 0.456 to 0.936 in goal clarity, and retirement planning behavior. However, in the high
the low financial literacy subgroup and from 0.471 to 0.993 in the high financial literacy subgroup the relationship of social group support with
financial literacy subgroup. retirement planning behavior is weak (β = 0.132, p < 0.05).
We evaluated construct reliability using Cronbach’s alpha and In high financial literacy subgroup, the strongest significant path was
composite reliability. Cronbach’s alpha value was higher than the rec­ between retirement goal clarity and retirement planning behavior (β =
ommended value of 0.7 for both the subsamples. Composite reliability 0.786, p < 0.001) and the weakest path coefficient was between social
value was also higher than the threshold value of 0.7 for both the sub­ group support and retirement planning behavior (β = 0.132, p < 0.05) as
samples (Nunnally & Bernstein, 1994). Hence, we established item and depicted in Fig. 3. The value of R2 was highest for retirement planning
construct level reliability for both the subsamples. Table 4 indicates that behavior (R2 = 0.711 or 71.1%), followed by retirement goal clarity (R2
the AVE value for the subsamples exceeds 0.5. We can thus be deduce = 0.497 or 49.7%).
that convergent validity or uni-dimensionality exists within the In the low financial literacy subgroup, the relationships were slightly
constructs. different from the complete dataset, such as the path coefficient between
Discriminant validity is a corresponding idea to convergent validity. social group support and retirement planning behavior (β = 0.282, p <

Fig. 3. Structural Equation Model Analysis of the High Financial Literacy Subgroup.

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0.001), future time perspective and attitude towards retirement (β = Table 11

0.346, p < 0.001), future time perspective and risk tolerance (β = 0.472, Path Coefficients (Moderating Effect of Financial Literacy)
p < 0.001), and social group support and future time perspective (β = Path Path coefficients-difference(High FL- p-Value(High FL-Low
0.636, p < 0.001) as depicted in Fig. 4. The value of R2 was highest for Low FL) FL)
retirement planning behavior (R2 = 0.685 or 68.5%), followed by FTP → 0.203 0.007
retirement goal clarity (R2 = 0.630 or 63%). The strongest significant ATR
path was between social group support and future time perspective (β = FTP → RT − 0.126 0.097
0.636, p < 0.001) and the weakest significant path was between social RGC → 0.220 0.010
RPB
group support and retirement planning behavior (β = 0.282, p < 0.001). SGS → − 0.131 0.100
The structural model predicts 2.6% more variance in retirement plan­ RPB
ning behavior behavior in the high financial literacy subgroup than in
Notes. This table presents the result of pair wise parametric t-tests on both the
the low financial literacy subgroup.
subsamples.
To ascertain the significant differences between the high and low
financial literacy subgroups, we assessed the parametric t-test values
unanimously agreed to the crucial role played by the psychological
(Table 11). For women with low financial literacy, social group support
characteristics and individual’s early life in shaping up their future
displayed high influence on retirement planning behavior. At the same
financial well-being. These events motivated us to examine the associ­
time, future time perspective exerted high influence on risk tolerance.
ation of four psychological factors - retirement goal clarity, future time
For women with high financial literacy, future time perspective showed
perspective, attitude towards retirement, and risk tolerance - and social
high influence on attitude toward retirement. Also, retirement goal
group support construct with retirement planning behavior. We also
clarity strongly influenced retirement planning behavior. Thus, our ev­
examined the interplay of these factors and investigated how social in­
idence provides support for H1a, H5a, H9a. and H10a.
fluence, psychological predispositions and cognitive influence (financial
literacy) are associated with retirement planning behavior.
5. Discussion

Reently, various parties have promoted programs and initiatives 5.1. The direct and indirect influence of psychological characteristics and
designed to improve the financial knowledge and well-being. However, social group support on retirement planning behavior
studies indicate that the abundance of such initiatives focused on
improving financial knowledge as a promising means of improving the Our results reveal that the model’s explanatory power is high, with
financial behavior does not assure more responsible financial behavior psychological and social group constructs explaining 68.9% of the
(Jones, 2005; Tang, Baker, & Peter, 2015). Regulators, policy makers, variance in women’s retirement planning behavior. Among all factors,
government agencies, financial educators, and planners have all future time perspective, retirement goal clarity, and social group exhibit
a significantly positive effect on women’s retirement planning behavior.

Fig. 4. Structural Equation Model Analysis of the Low Financial Literacy Subgroup.

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However, neither attitude toward retirement nor risk tolerance is asso­ develop the future vision of women. A social network’s strong influence
ciated with retirement planning behavior. Our findings are consistent can also create spill-over outcomes among women. This social linkage
with Beach’s image theory and Mowen’s 3 M Theory of Motivation enables disseminating information on timely retirement planning effi­
Personality. As the theory proposes, decision-makers act in consensus ciently and effectively to other women in the social network.
with their ethics, principles, and values as framed in their childhood Future time perspective also renders an indirect impact on retire­
through early learning. This “self-image” is subject to influence by a ment planning behavior via retirement goal clarity. Parents should
spouse, colleagues, and friends. The future vision, goals, plans, and cultivate a long-term future time perspective in their children to influ­
tactics are designed in harmony with one’s “self-image” and further ence their future savings positively. Further, a future time perspective
motivate the behavioral markers like planning and saving. influences one’s attitude toward retirement and risk tolerance. Howev­
Retirement goal clarity has the highest direct effect (direct effect = er, the attitude toward retirement and risk tolerance does not signifi­
0.680), implying that females with clear, well-defined, and pragmatic cantly influence retirement planning behavior. An explanation for this
goals present a high level of involvement in financial planning activities finding is that male family members make most of the financial and
and retirement saving behavior. It indicates that women should be investment decisions in India. Hence, women’s attitude and risk toler­
motivated to develop precise goals at a strategic level. An estimate of ance fail to affect their retirement planning behavior directly.
their post-retirement needs to guide them to start planning for retire­
ment. India’s collective culture led to overconfidence about one’s family 5.2. The moderating role of financial literacy
providing post-retirement financial support, which led to procrastina­
tion in saving for retirement. Hence, a myth arose that Indian women Our results reveal that financial behaviors stem from deeply rooted
have adequate retirement provisions. personal traits, which are influenced by social forces and cognitive in­
Indian women need to become aware that they are responsible for fluences. Therefore, programs should not focus on only financial
their future financial needs and the detrimental consequences of having knowledge. Rather, fully exploiting and effectively transforming
insufficient retirement wealth. The government should provide retire­ knowledge into responsible behavior required simultaneously creating
ment benefit counseling to assist these women in making well-informed opportunities to enhance the social influence and develop the psycho­
decisions about their retirement savings and gaining realistic expecta­ logical characteristics.
tions about their retirement financial prospects. The government should For women with high financial literacy, their future time perspective
also collaborate with banks and other financial institutions to sponsor strongly influences attitude toward retirement. This finding suggests
financial counseling facilities and online financial services. Given that that women with high future time perspective and high financial
estimating post-retirement financial requirements can be complicated knowledge will have a positive outlook toward retirement. Also, for such
and requires considerable financial knowledge, such services could be women, retirement goal clarity significantly influences retirement
invaluable to Indian women. planning behavior, implying that women with better financial knowl­
For women working in different organizations, employers should edge and greater clarity of their retirement goals would probably
organize educational seminars, counseling sessions, and workshops led demonstrate better retirement planning and saving behavior. This
by guest speakers and pension planners to share their retirement expe­ finding is relevant to financial planners and advisors. They can fine-tune
riences to help them achieve retirement goal clarity. their programs in line with this finding so that females with higher
Our study’s main contribution is that it identifies the strong associ­ financial knowledge can be promoted to develop precise and pragmatic
ation (both direct and indirect) between social group support and goal and to inculcate distant future vision. This action should improve
women’s retirement planning behavior. Early learning and support from their attitude toward retirement and taken together should improve
a spouse, friends, and colleagues influence retirement planning behavior their financial planning for retirement. Studies indicate that Indian
directly and indirectly by extending future time perspective and retire­ women display low levels of financial literacy and lack knowledge about
ment goal clarity. Social networks can influence financial decisions in some basic principles needed in everyday money management (Baker
several ways. For example, women are likely to accept recommenda­ et al., 2020). Further studies also suggest that to improve financial
tions from members of a trusted social network. Such a network can knowledge, school and college curricula should incorporate material
directly influence their financial decisions (Black, Devereux, Lundborg, about financial awareness. Additionally, steps should be taken to
& Majlesi, 2017; Ostrovsky-Berman & Litwin, 2019). improve future vision. Educational seminars and workshops lead by
Although the social force dimension has mostly a modest influence in financial professionals and industry experts are needed to enhance
other countries (França & Hershey, 2018), the strong influence of social women’s financial knowledge and develop their future vision and
groups in India suggests that Indian women display an external locus of retirement goal clarity.
control. Thus, they are more likely to adopt behavior similar to their The influence of financial literacy on the relationship between social
close associates. groups, psychological characteristics and retirement planning reveals
Locus of control represents one of the personality variables whereby that for women with low financial literacy, social group support strongly
individuals can be classified as “internal” (perceive life events as a influences their retirement planning behavior. This finding implies that
consequence of their actions) or “external” (believe external, uncon­ the retirement planning and savings decisions of financially illiterate or
trolled factors govern their lives). Individuals with an external locus of less literate women would be more likely to be driven by the behavior of
control often depend on others, including spouses, friends, children, their social groups, including their friends, colleagues, and spouses. This
parents, or relatives, to decide on their behalf. Women often display an finding indicates that Indian women, despite being educated and pro­
external locus of control that hampers their financial preparation and fessionally affluent, are under confident of managing their finances
well-being (Glass & Kilpatrick, 1998; Morgan & Eckert, 2004; Anderson, autonomously. For such women, their future time perspective strongly
Li, Bechhofer, McCrone, & Stewart, 2000). Our findings suggest that influences their risk tolerance. Thus, women with low financial literacy
Indian women feel both a lack of control and confidence in their abilities and high future time perspective are more likely to have greater risk
to manage their finances autonomously. Consequently, financial plan­ tolerance. This finding suggests that owing to their high risk appetite
ners and advisors should design programs to help women gain self- and low knowledge of the various investment option, such women pose
confidence in their financial abilities. These programs could incorpo­ a threat to their financial well-being. One way to use this social influence
rate their families and educate them to overcome the social stigma and could be to incorporate parents and members of their social circle as part
role demarcations in Indian society. Spouses, friends, and colleagues of their financial education programs. Such programs can be developed
should conduct open discussions on financial planning and future to include a separate section for parents, spouse. and friends. This
retirement aspirations to upgrade retirement goal clarity levels and to approach also equips parents with the knowledge required to guide their

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