Purpose – Research to date has reported ambiguous results on the influence of tax concessions on retirement savings …/methodology/approach – Qualitative semi‐structured interviews on actual retirement savings decisions were conducted with private investors (17) and their …' experience when making actual – rather than hypothetical – retirement savings decisions and the rationales behind seemingly …

ranging from real accidents, absences and retirement to experienced pleasure at work. Occupational group included two …

a response to altered pension incentives and earnings opportunities. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we … examine retirement behavior after job loss, controlling for these changed retirement incentives, along with any additional … effects of displacement not captured by retirement incentives. We find that the observed increased rates of retirement among …

Purpose – This research proposes to examine how the retirement experience in the USA is cultivated via the appraisal … process and reflected in post‐retirement lifestyle postures and consumption changes. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of … 298 recent retirees were surveyed to test hypotheses suggested by a proposed model of the retirement experience. The model …

on the stigma that retirement means “old” and “out to pasture.” The purpose of this paper is to learn what can be done to … human resources executives across the USA concerning the challenge of reducing the stigma associated with retirement. The …-profit and non-profit settings. Organizations can position retirement as a transition to something else, and therefore a career …

Contemporary debates over the future direction of retirement pensions policy have been dominated by a polemic over the … supply adequate national retirement provision. This development is viewed as problematic as it is contentious in that it …

individuals allocate into different pathways out of the labour force conditional on early retirement. Design … compared to those remaining in the labour force. Findings – Eight pathways from work to an early retirement programme are … identified. Overall, availability and/or generosity of retirement programmes are important for early retirement through the …

Purpose – The purpose of this overview is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of retirement, noting five key … changing nature of retirement; the need for an interdisciplinary perspective on retirement; the need to look at both individual … retirement. In addition, a wide variety of disciplinary approaches and levels of analyses and perspectives are employed across …

on the job, anticipation of lost social integration upon retirement) related to three types of retirement intention (i ….e. full retirement, part‐time retirement, job mobility). Design/methodology/approach – A representative sample of 196 workers … positively to full retirement intention and negatively to job mobility; development opportunity on the job was negatively related …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to use the theory of planned behavior to test a structural model of retirement … timing intentions of older workers in Canada following the abolishment of mandatory retirement. Design …/methodology/approach – A survey of 281 working individuals was conducted in order to test a model of retirement timing. Findings – The model …