Retirement: Reasons, Processes, and Results

by Gary Adams

Gary A Adams (Editor) and Terry A. Beehr, PhD (Editor)

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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.
  • ISBN10 0826120547
  • ISBN13 9780826120540
  • Publish Date 11 August 2003
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Springer Publishing Co Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 328
  • Language English