This article reviews the operational definition of retirement, which remains an unsettled issue
in aging research. The authors describe five separate criteria that can be used to assign …

The one thing on which essentially all retirement scholars agree is that there is no generally
accepted definition of the term “retirement.” Hence, it is not surprising that a plethora of …

Retirement is a complex process. First, it takes place over a period of time that may consist of
three phases: older employees simply imagining the possibility of retirement, assessing …

Because the concept of retirement is prominent in both popular thinking and academic
studies, it would be helpful if the notion were analytically sound, could be measured with …

An individual's identification of his retirement situation does not necessarily coincide with the
retirement concept as defined by objective measures. Self-evaluation of retirement status by …

This opening chapter introduces the motivation and approach for developing the current
handbook. It offers a brief review of the current state of retirement research, especially the …

Shultz and Wang (April 2011) drew attention to the ways in which understandings of
retirement have changed over time, both in terms of the place of retirement in the lives of …

IN the past several years, retirement research has given increasing attention to the
complexity of the work-toretirement transition. The article by Mutchler et al.(1997) elsewhere …

Due to an increasing heterogeneity in retirement transitions, the measurement of retirement
age constitutes a major challenge for researchers and policymakers. In order to better …

The concept and the process of retirement are rapidly evolving. As a result, psychologists
are in a unique position to understand and explain the dynamics behind the changing face …