As the Baby Boom generation approaches traditional retirement age, the aging of the global labor force will continue to lead to an increase in the number of people who will transition into retirement in the next decade. Retirement researchers have made several important advances in their field in recent years that represent a shift from examining retirement through an economic to a psychological perspective. Retirement is not simply a one-time decision-making event;
rather, it represents a process through which workers decrease their psychological commitment to work and behaviorally withdraw from the workforce.Approaching retirement from
this perspective, The Oxford Handbook of Retirement offers comprehensive, up-to-date, and forward-thinking summaries of contemporary knowledge on retirement. The approach is interdisciplinary, spanning human resource management, organizational psychology, development psychology, gerontology, sociology, public health, and economics. The chapters assembled in this volume are organized into five parts, providing comprehensive coverage conceptualizations of retirement from multiple
disciplines; existing theoretical perspectives and research findings on retirement, including adult development, career development, organizational and management, and economic perspectives; current and future
challenges in retirement research and practice; and recommendations and suggestions for prospective areas of research.Assembling expertly authored chapters from leaders in the field, this volume provides a comprehensive summary on the knowledge domain of retirement useful for students, academics, and retirement researchers.
As the Baby Boom generation approaches traditional retirement age, the aging of the global labor force will continue to lead to an increase in the number of people who will transition into retirement in the next decade. Retirement researchers have made several important advances in their field in recent years that represent a shift from examining retirement through an economic to a psychological perspective. Retirement is not simply a one-time decision-making event;
rather, it represents a process through which workers decrease their psychological commitment to work and behaviorally withdraw from the workforce.Approaching retirement from
this perspective, The Oxford Handbook of Retirement offers comprehensive, up-to-date, and forward-thinking summaries of contemporary knowledge on retirement. The approach is interdisciplinary, spanning human resource management, organizational psychology, development psychology, gerontology, sociology, public health, and economics. The chapters assembled in this volume are organized into five parts, providing comprehensive coverage conceptualizations of retirement from multiple
disciplines; existing theoretical perspectives and research findings on retirement, including adult development, career development, organizational and management, and economic perspectives; current and future
challenges in retirement research and practice; and recommendations and suggestions for prospective areas of research.Assembling expertly authored chapters from leaders in the field, this volume provides a comprehensive summary on the knowledge domain of retirement useful for students, academics, and retirement researchers.
Part One: General Introduction
1. Retirement: An Introduction and Overview of the Handbook
Mo Wang
2. The Evolving History of Retirement within the United States
Michael J. Zickar
3. The Demography of Aging and Retirement
Felicia Wheaton and Eileen M. Crimmins
4. Variations on a Retirement Theme: Conceptual and Operational
Definitions of Retirement
Terry A. Beehr and Nathan A. Bowling
Part Two: Retirement Process Theoretical Perspectives
5. The Life Course Perspective on Life in the Post-Retirement
Period
Paul Wink and Jacquelyn Boone James
6. Continuity Theory and Retirement
Monika E. von Bonsdorff and Juhani Ilmarinen
7. The Theory of Selection, Optimization and Compensation
Boris B. Baltes and Cort W. Rudolph
8. Protean Career Model and Retirement
Najung Kim and Douglas T. Hall
9. Retirement and Human Resources Management: A Strategic
Approach
Barbara L. Rau and Gary A. Adams
10. Economic Theories of Retirement
John Laitner and Aanda Sonnega
11. A Multilevel Perspective for Retirement Research
Maximiliane E. Szinovacz
Part Three: Retirement Practice
12. Research Methods in Retirement Research
Gwenith G. Fisher and Robert J. Willis
13. Age, Gender, and the Retirement Process.
Barbara Griffin, Vanessa Loh, and Beryl Hesketh
14. The Employer's Perspective on Retirement
Kène Henkens and Hendrik P. van Dalen
15. Retirement Attitudes: Considering Etiology, Measurement,
Attitude-Behavior Relationships, and Attitudinal Ambivalence
Daniel A. Newman, Gahyun Jeon, and Charles L. Hulin
16. Planning and Adaptation to Retirement: The Post-Retirement
Environment, Change Management Resources, and Need-Oriented Factors
as Moderators
Mary Anne Taylor and Meline Schaffer
17. Retirement Decision Making
Steve M. Jex and James Grosch
18. Feeling Like It's Time to Retire: A Fit Perspective on Early
Retirement Decisions
Daniel C. Feldman
19. Bridge Employment
Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandre, and Joseph F. Quinn
20. Adjustment to Retirement
Hanna van Solinge
21. The Association of Retirement with Physical and Behavioral
Health
William T. Gallo
22. Leisure Activities in Retirement
Lorraine T. Dorfman
23. Family, Work, and the Retirement Process: A Review and New
Directions
Russell A. Matthews and Gwenith G. Fisher
Part Four: Retirement Practice
24. Social Security, Pension System, and Retirement Savings
Xiang Yao and Haoran Peng
25. Employment Law and Retirement
Christina L. Causey and Joanna N. Lahey
26. Effective Financial Planning for Retirement
Douglas A. Hershey, Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson, and James T. Austin
27. Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Mature Workers
Jeanette N. Cleveland and Sarina M. Maneotis
28. Designing Early Retirement Incentive Programs
Yujie Zhan
29. Health Care and Health Insurance in Retirement
Karoline Mortensen and Jennifer Villani
30. Learning and Training in Retirement
Jerry W. Hedge and Victoria A. Albright
31. Technology and Retirement Life: A Systematic Review of the
Literature on Older Adults and Social Media
Bo Xie, Man Huang, and Ivan Watkins
32. Retirement Practices in Different Countries
José María Peiró, Núria Tordera, and Kristina Potocnik
Part Five: Future Trends and Conclusions
33. The Changing Nature of Work and Retirement
Kenneth S. Shultz and Deborah A. Olson
34. Collision Course: The Impending Impact of Current Immigration
and Retirement Trends
Derek R. Avery, Sabrina D. Volpone, and Aleksandra Luksyte
35. Generational Differences in Older Workers and Retirement
Jesse Erdheim and Michael A. Lodato
36. Retirement and Creativity
Ryan Fehr
37. Retirement Research: Concluding Observations and Strategies to
Move Forward
Mo Wang
Mo Wang, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Management, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida.
"This book is a stepping stone to more study and research on the
topic of retirement. Many of the books on this subject for
practitioners like me are typically how-to books with minimal
insight into the scholarly research that has gone into what is
being offered. As a practitioner that appreciates a
"scholar-practitioner" model, I found this handbook to be very
helpful, especially about areas with which I am less familiar or in
areas in which I might want to
augment my knowledge." -- Doody's
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