Shifting values and late course adjustments in the careers of older women.

Mangione, Lorraine; Borden, Kathi A.; Fuss, Elizabeth

doi:10.1037/0000212-004

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“…Frieze et al (2011) commented on the less traditional gender roles of women working longer, and women who work in traditionally male-dominated fields also working longer. From a different segment of the present study, we found that women chose to continue to work for a variety of reasons (Mangione et al, 2020). As a result, women are choosing to retire later or entering an encore stage by choosing to use their retirement period to engage in new meaningful activities (Birkett et al, 2017).…”

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“…For this article, we are focusing on the themes of background influences, changes in the work itself, relationships at home, and considerations around retiring, with work relationships briefly noted. The other themes, including mission driven, purpose/ meaning/identity, relationships at home or at work, and generativity and legacy, were more the focus of our earlier chapter (Mangione et al, 2020).…”

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“…This article examines a subset of data from our larger research project about women, work, and the proximity to retirement that asked participants a broad, open-ended question about work, with prompts that they could choose to address or not. Some of that research is included in a chapter in the book noted above that is devoted to the many facets of the issue of older women working (Mangione et al, 2020). Given that qualitative data can be both rich and lengthy, our larger project has been divided into more than one article in order to include details on certain themes, including what we believe are important words from the participants.…”

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“…Those whom they served, such as students or clients, were also part of the important relationships at work. We have written about this at length in our chapter noted in the introduction (Mangione et al, 2020), but its significance is relevant here too as a few quotations suggest.…”

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Changing focus, shifting tasks, reworking relationships: Highly educated professional White women nearing retirement age in the workforce.

Mangione¹,

Borden²,

Fuss³

2022

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Women's roles in the workplace have undergone major changes starting in the early 20th century and continuing to this day, and the meaning of retirement has changed dramatically for those in the workforce over the last few decades. In this qualitative research project, we explore the thoughts and feelings of highly educated professional white women who are still actively working in their careers as they are approaching or have reached what is considered retirement age. A series of prompts was used to elicit their responses to various aspects of their lives and work and the intersection with retirement possibilities. Data from 14 women were examined and analyzed through thematic analysis. Background influences from families and the social context; changes in the work itself such as flexibility, control, and shifting tasks; relationships at home and work; and concerns around retirement such as health, finances, and general ambivalence all contribute to women remaining in the workplace. Although the study is descriptive and exploratory and was not originally framed as a clinical study, considerations for clinical practice with women in this age group who are similar demographically to the women in our study are offered. We hope that this information will be helpful to clinicians who work with women in this age group. This work fits within current thinking about and constructions of aging and its meaning, as reflected in a recent special issue of The American Psychologist (May-June 2020). Public Significance StatementThis exploratory, qualitative study looks at the reasons that a sample of highly educated women choose to continue working past traditional retirement age, examining the meaning that work has for them and how they make changes in their work life that enable them to keep working. Older women in the workforce, clinicians working with older women, and researchers in lifespan development might learn from this more positive vision of aging and work.

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