A future-oriented Retirement Transition Adjustment Framework

Hesketh, Beryl; Griffin, Barbara; Loh, Vanessa

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2011.03.008

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“…Research on retirement as a career development stage, in turn, is based in the occupational literature and extends theoretical frameworks that were originally developed to describe career trajectories and occupational performance to the retirement transition (e.g., Hesketh et al 2011;Sterns and Gray 1999). This work provides key insights into the role of older workers' individual characteristics (e.g., work performance, career goals) as well as relevant contextual variables (e.g., working conditions).…”

Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In response to this fragmented research record, several recent reviews have re-emphasized that retirement is not a binary transition experienced by an isolated individual at a specific point in time (Hesketh et al 2011;Shultz and Wang 2011). Instead, it should be considered as a process that begins long before the actual date of retirement and continues for an extended period thereafter before a new equilibrium is reached (Hesketh et al 2011;Sterns and Gray 1999;Shultz and Wang 2011;Atchley 1976).…”

Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Instead, it should be considered as a process that begins long before the actual date of retirement and continues for an extended period thereafter before a new equilibrium is reached (Hesketh et al 2011;Sterns and Gray 1999;Shultz and Wang 2011;Atchley 1976). A full understanding of retirement also requires the consideration of multiple levels of analysis ranging from individual characteristics to interpersonal mechanisms, and societal factors (Shultz and Wang 2011;Feldman and Beehr 2011).…”

Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent models of retirement have begun to capture this complexity (Shultz and Wang 2011;Feldman and Beehr 2011;Hesketh et al 2011). However, they are primarily descriptive in nature and have limited value for hypothesis generation because they do not speak to the hierarchical structure among predictor variables or the underlying mechanisms that link them.…”

Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As noted above, retirement is best understood as a longitudinal process that can stretch over several years (Shultz and Wang 2011;Hesketh et al 2011). In recent decades, many industrialized nations have seen a rise in phased retirement and bridge employment (Quinn 2010) resulting in even lengthier transitions (Mutchler et al 1997;Shultz and Wang 2011).…”

Section: Motivational Perspectives Of the Retirement Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding retirement: the promise of life-span developmental frameworks

Löckenhoff

2012

Eur J Ageing

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The impending retirement of large population cohorts creates a pressing need for practical interventions to optimize outcomes at the individual and societal level. This necessitates comprehensive theoretical models that acknowledge the multi-layered nature of the retirement process and shed light on the dynamic mechanisms that drive longitudinal patterns of adjustment. The present commentary highlights ways in which contemporary life-span developmental frameworks can inform retirement research, drawing on the specific examples of Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model, Baltes and Baltes Selective Optimization with Compensation Framework, Schulz and Heckhausen's Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development, and Carstensen's Socioemotional Selectivity Theory. Ultimately, a life-span developmental perspective on retirement offers not only new interpretations of known phenomena but may also help to identify novel directions for future research as well as promising pathways for interventions.

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Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Current Fault Lines In Retirement Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Motivational Perspectives Of the Retirement Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2012

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Person–Environment Fit

Hesketh

Griffin

2015

The Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging

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Person–Environment fit theory and research has been applied to many areas of organizational behavior such as career and job choice, selection, human factors, training, work commitment, turnover, and retirement transition. Approaches include obtaining separate measures of the person and the environment (atomistic approach), perceived discrepancies between the person and the environment (mechanistic approach), and direct estimates of subjective fit (molar approach). Studies variously focus on needs–supplies fit, abilities–demands fit, and supplementary and complementary fit. Fit theories most relevant to late‐career development and transition have emerged from the field of vocational psychology. Summaries are provided of several models including the theory of work adjustment (Dawis & Lofquist, 1984) and its application to retirement transition. Methodological issues are discussed, and ideas suggested for future research.

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Multiple Pathway Model of Retirement

Loh

2015

The Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging

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The traditional retirement model, based largely on earlier cohorts of male older workers, presents a relatively straightforward pathway from full‐time career work to retirement as a discrete event marking the complete withdrawal from the paid workforce either due to ill‐health or access to alternative sources of financial support. However, the increasingly diverse personal, work, and life histories of today's older workers have introduced significant variation at each phase of the retirement process, from planning and decision making to transitions and adjustment. In fact, some individuals may never retire from paid work, whereas others may retire one or more times to take up other work while transitioning into full retirement. Modern retirement models must consider the individual and interactive impacts of individual, family, organizational, social, and economic factors that contribute to multiple pathways to retirement.

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A future-oriented Retirement Transition Adjustment Framework

Cited by 72 publications

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Understanding retirement: the promise of life-span developmental frameworks

Understanding retirement: the promise of life-span developmental frameworks

Person–Environment Fit

Multiple Pathway Model of Retirement

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