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A three-phase model of retirement decision making.
Abstract
The present article organizes prominent theories about retirement decision making around three different types of thinking about retirement: imagining the possibility of retirement, assessing when it is time to let go of long-held jobs, and putting concrete plans for retirement into action at present. It also highlights important directions for future research on retirement decision making, including perceptions of declining person-environment fit, the role of personality traits, occupational norms regarding retirement, broader criteria for assessing older workers' job performance, couples' joint decision making about retirement, the impact of self-funded and self-guided pension plans on retirement decisions, bridge employment before total withdrawal from the work force, and retirement decisions that are neither entirely forced nor voluntary in nature.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Feldman, D. C., & Beehr, T. A.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 2011-04
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 193-203
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2100928145
- Cited by
- 256
- References
- 93
- FWCI
- 39.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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