Objectives. This study's focus on the retiree identity complements research on
institutionalized retirement criteria. We test whether tensions between individuals' own life …

Recent studies have reported gender differences in older workers' orientations toward
retirement, with women expressing less favorable views. This study of 557 women and 245 …

OBJECTIVES: This study examines the pre-retirement labor force participation behavior of
Black, White, and Hispanic men and women to determine how patterns of labor market exit …

Older workers were followed through their first two years of retirement in order to explore the
lingering effects of preretirement identities on their retirement adjustment and self-esteem …

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 …

Understanding of the retirement experience has increased since the notso-distant past,
when it was assumed that retirement was largely an individual experience. There is a …

Retirement is typically viewed as a monolithic event which affects all individuals in generally
the same way. As a way of beginning to transcend stereotypic views and understand the …

Previous research on retirement relied heavily on samples of male retirees; it also
emphasized objective predictors of retirement adjustment, such as occupational position …

Objectives. This study examined perceptions of involuntary retirement. We investigated the
extent to which differences in how retirement is perceived stem from differences in (a) …

Gender differences in the experience of life events surrounding the retirement transition and
the effects of such life event experiences on men's and women's adaptation to retirement …