Although there have been many reviews of the retirement literature in recent years, the issue
of retirement timing has received less attention, neglecting some large and important issues …

Retirement as a research topic has become increasingly prominent in the psychology
literature. This article provides a review of both theoretical development and empirical …

The increased popularity of bridge employment has raised questions about its
consequences for well‐being in late adult life. This research explored the consequences of …

Against a global backdrop of population and workforce ageing, successive UK governments
have encouraged people to work longer and delay retirement. Debates focus mainly on …

This article analyses social variability in retirement timing. It draws on a social stratification
perspective, which arguably provides a richer theoretical framework than one-dimensional …

Abstract Background: Virtually all Western countries are seeking to bring retirement ages
more in line with increases in longevity. The central question in this article is whether …

Purpose: This study examines how life satisfaction changes as a function of the transition
into retirement, distinguishing between different types of voluntary and involuntary exits …

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) …

Extending earlier research, this study explores individual (eg demographic and health
characteristics), psychosocial (eg mastery and planning) and organizational factors (eg …

Lifespan perspectives have emerged as important theoretical foundations for empirical
investigations of a wide-range of phenomena relevant to the study of aging and work. The …