Adams, Gary A.
Retirement : Reasons, Processes, and Results. - 1 online resource (329 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction and Overview of Current Research and Thinking on Retirement -- 2 Contexts and Pathways: Retirement as Institution, Process, and Experience -- 3 Retirement Planning and Preparation -- 4 Endgame: The Design and Implementation of Early Retirement Incentive Programs -- 5 Extending Work Lives: Are Current Approaches Tools or Talismans? -- 6 The Economics of the Retirement Decision -- 7 Beyond Health and Wealth: Attitudinal and Other Influences on Retirement Decision-Making -- 8 Self-Management of Career and Retirement -- 9 Bridge Employment: Work After Retirement -- 10 Early Retirement Systems and Behavior in an International Perspective -- 11 Data Analytic Techniques for Retirement Research -- 12 Concluding Observations and Future Endeavors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
This book reviews, summarizes, and integrates a diverse literature on the topic of retirement and provides a coherent view to better inform researchers and practitioners. Organized around three phases of the retirement process--pre-retirement, retirement decision-making, and post-retirement--the chapters examine economic, sociological, gerontological, and psychological theory and research. Topics discussed include: types of retirement, retirement planning and preparation, early retirement incentive programs, the economics of the retirement decision-making, and work after retirement, among others. Contributors include Jerome Kaplan, Kenneth Shultz, Harvey Sterns, and Linda Stroh.
9780826197375
Retirees -- United States -- Attitudes.
Retirees -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Retirees -- United States -- Psychology.
Retirement -- United States -- Decision making.
Retirement -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
HQ1063.2.U6 -- R47 2003eb
306.3/8
Retirement : Reasons, Processes, and Results. - 1 online resource (329 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction and Overview of Current Research and Thinking on Retirement -- 2 Contexts and Pathways: Retirement as Institution, Process, and Experience -- 3 Retirement Planning and Preparation -- 4 Endgame: The Design and Implementation of Early Retirement Incentive Programs -- 5 Extending Work Lives: Are Current Approaches Tools or Talismans? -- 6 The Economics of the Retirement Decision -- 7 Beyond Health and Wealth: Attitudinal and Other Influences on Retirement Decision-Making -- 8 Self-Management of Career and Retirement -- 9 Bridge Employment: Work After Retirement -- 10 Early Retirement Systems and Behavior in an International Perspective -- 11 Data Analytic Techniques for Retirement Research -- 12 Concluding Observations and Future Endeavors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
This book reviews, summarizes, and integrates a diverse literature on the topic of retirement and provides a coherent view to better inform researchers and practitioners. Organized around three phases of the retirement process--pre-retirement, retirement decision-making, and post-retirement--the chapters examine economic, sociological, gerontological, and psychological theory and research. Topics discussed include: types of retirement, retirement planning and preparation, early retirement incentive programs, the economics of the retirement decision-making, and work after retirement, among others. Contributors include Jerome Kaplan, Kenneth Shultz, Harvey Sterns, and Linda Stroh.
9780826197375
Retirees -- United States -- Attitudes.
Retirees -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Retirees -- United States -- Psychology.
Retirement -- United States -- Decision making.
Retirement -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
HQ1063.2.U6 -- R47 2003eb
306.3/8