A cross-cultural valid analytic definition of retirement remains elusive in gerontology despite
a long tradition of research on the topic. Inadequate attention has been paid to consistently …

It is clear that some profound changes are happening to retirement in the global north. What
appeared to have developed in the last half of the twentieth century into a relatively …

Retirement research is now expanding beyond the post-World War II baby boomers'
retirement attitudes and plans to include the nature of their workforce exit and how …

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 …

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 …

Let us start with a basic premise: retirement is a social institution, invented by human beings.
It is, as sociologists these days like to say," socially constructed". It did not always exist; it is …

In the present investigation, a comparison is made between the retirement goals of working
Indian adults and previously published data on the retirement goals of working adults in the …

Cultures differ in their models of the life course, including the number and the content of the
stages through which people are expected to pass. Among those societies that recognize a …

Purpose–The purpose of this overview is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of
retirement, noting five key issues and directions for future research which are addressed …

The current landscape of retirement is changing dramatically as population aging becomes
increasingly visible. This review of pressing retirement issues advocates research on (a) …